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N25828

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15

Valid Colorado

N25828 is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 13, 2025 and expires on November 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated July 20, 1993.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-448
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A277F5 (octal 50473765)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 13, 2025
Expires
November 30, 2032
Last FAA action
November 13, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · July 20, 1993
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00034442

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Vaeth John P
Type
Individual
Address
1375 Big Valley Dr
Colorado Springs, CO 80919-1027

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

1948-09-27Piper J3F-50 · Valid registration
—Cessna 152 · 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