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N3601M

Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-B

Valid Arizona

N3601M is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-B, a balloon with no engine, built in 1983. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Paradise Valley, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 1, 2026 and expires on June 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated January 25, 1983.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 7-B
Serial number
F7B-044
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1983
Transponder code
A40ED3 (octal 51007323)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 1, 2026
Expires
June 30, 2033
Last FAA action
June 1, 2026
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · January 25, 1983
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00503043

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Gear Robert L III
Type
Individual
Address
6817 N 57Th Pl
Paradise Valley, AZ 85253-3403

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

1970-06-08Piper PA-12 · Valid registration

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