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N2563Y

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15

Valid Indiana

N2563Y is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 1992. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Plainfield, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 15, 2015 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 3, 1992.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-414
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1992
Transponder code
A270A0 (octal 50470240)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 15, 2015
Expires
June 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 19, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · April 3, 1992
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00823812

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Gransbury Theodore C
Type
Individual
Address
106 W Carter St
Plainfield, IN 46168-1210

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data