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N3014B

Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc FIREFLY 5

N3014B is a Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc FIREFLY 5, a balloon with no engine, built in 2011. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in East Bend, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 30, 2011 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 28, 2011.

Aircraft

Maker
Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc
Model
FIREFLY 5
Serial number
F5-2011
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2011
Transponder code
A325EF (octal 50622757)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 30, 2011
Expires
June 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · May 28, 2011
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
01070841

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ponticelli John Thomas
Type
Individual
Address
3028 Black Diamond Ln
East Bend, NC 27018-8822

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 3

2007-05-30Robinson Helicopter R44 II · exported to Canada · Valid, assigned to the manufacturer under its dealer certificate
1978-12-05Piper PA-34-200T · exported to Australia · Valid registration
1961-01-16Cessna 195B · exported to Canada · Valid registration

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