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N27105

Balloon Works FIREFLY 7

Valid Michigan

N27105 is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7, a balloon with no engine, built in 1977. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Hastings, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 5, 2002 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 13, 1977.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 7
Serial number
780
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1977
Cruising speed
63 mph
Transponder code
A2ACA9 (octal 50526251)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 5, 2002
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · June 13, 1977
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00413582

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Payne Ralph J
Type
Individual
Address
3825 E Center Rd
Hastings, MI 49058-9108

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 1

1965-05-21Piper J5A · Valid registration

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