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N37457

Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-15

N37457 is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 1997. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 19, 2022 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated September 19, 1997.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 7-15
Serial number
F7-1025
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1997
Transponder code
A445CE (octal 51042716)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 19, 2022
Expires
August 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 25, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · September 19, 1997
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00146771

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Aley David K
Type
Individual
Address
5708 Madeira Pl NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110-1272

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 3

1997-09-04Balloon Works FIREFLY 7 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1980-10-17Piper PA-31 · exported to Canada · Valid registration
1948-09-07Interstate S-1A · Valid registration

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