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N3018C

Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc FIREFLY 8

N3018C is a Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc FIREFLY 8, a balloon with no engine, built in 2011. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Carolina High Hot Air Balloon CO LLC, an LLC in Four Oaks, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 2, 2012 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated December 20, 2011.

Aircraft

Maker
Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc
Model
FIREFLY 8
Serial number
F82031
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
4
Year built
2011
Transponder code
A3267C (octal 50623174)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 2, 2012
Expires
March 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · December 20, 2011
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
01076915

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Carolina High Hot Air Balloon CO LLC
Type
LLC
Address
1730 Allens Crossroads Rd
Four Oaks, NC 27524-7850

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Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 2

1993-10-12Fairchild SA227-DC (C26B) · Valid, assigned to the manufacturer under its dealer certificate
1988-05-17Beech 200 · 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