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N3741X

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B

N3741X is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B, a balloon with no engine, built in 1983. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Groton, Connecticut. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 20, 2007 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development, dated June 24, 1991.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B
Serial number
F8B-001
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1983
Transponder code
A44538 (octal 51042470)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 20, 2007
Expires
July 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 26, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Research and development · June 24, 1991
FAA region
New England
FAA record id
00431444

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Silva Richard W
Type
Individual
Address
95 Corey Rd
Groton, CT 06340-4303

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

1975-12-30Aero Commander 100-180 · exported to Canada · Valid registration

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