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N3269D

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8

Valid Texas

N3269D is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8, a balloon with no engine, built in 1996. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Leakey, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 4, 2003 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated December 10, 1996.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8
Serial number
F8-420
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1996
Transponder code
A38831 (octal 50704061)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 4, 2003
Expires
May 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 12, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · December 10, 1996
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00336291

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Lewis John R
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 566
Leakey, TX 78873-0566

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

1993-03-16Bentley Richard F BENTLEY GYROPLANE · Valid registration
1957-02-27Cessna 180 · exported to Mexico · Valid registration

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