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N3691H

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8

N3691H is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in East Bend, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 1, 2010 and expires on November 30, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8
Serial number
F8-379
Type
Balloon
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A4303E (octal 51030076)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 1, 2010
Expires
November 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 15, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00834042

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ponticelli John T
Type
Individual
Address
3028 Black Diamond Ln
East Bend, NC 27018-8822

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

1957-11-05Ercoupe 415-C · Valid registration

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