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N3290S

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15

Valid Texas

N3290S is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 1996. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Austin, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 28, 1996 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated January 31, 1996.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-495
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1996
Transponder code
A39228 (octal 50711050)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 28, 1996
Expires
March 31, 2030
Last FAA action
October 13, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · January 31, 1996
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00035741

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Linney Leah F
Type
Individual
Address
11200 Jordan Ln
Austin, TX 78758-4258

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.

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