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N3287S

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15

Valid Minnesota

N3287S is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Lakeland, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 7, 2022 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated July 2, 1996.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-505
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A38F66 (octal 50707546)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 7, 2022
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · July 2, 1996
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00475781

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Jacobs Steven L
Type
Individual
Address
135 Saint Croix Trl N
Lakeland, MN 55043-9500

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

1964-09-23Cessna 182G · exported to South Africa · Valid registration

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