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N2578V

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15

Valid Virginia

N2578V is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Front Royal, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 2, 1999 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated March 16, 1995.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-480
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A27503 (octal 50472403)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 2, 1999
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · March 16, 1995
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00925232

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Waddell Paul Patrick
Type
Individual
Address
552 Milldale Hollow Rd
Front Royal, VA 22630-7309

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.

Earlier use of this number 2

1955-04-29Cessna 170 · Valid registration
—Cessna 177RG · N-number assigned but not yet registered

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