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N37517

Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-B

Valid Michigan

N37517 is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-B, a balloon with no engine, built in 1983. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Sanborn Lee M, a partnership in Alto, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 10, 1984 and expires on February 28, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated December 15, 1983.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 7-B
Serial number
F7B-094
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1983
Transponder code
A448F9 (octal 51044371)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 10, 1984
Expires
February 28, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · December 15, 1983
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00390044

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sanborn Lee M
Type
Partnership
Address
7345 Valhalla Dr
Alto, MI 49302
Co-owners
Sanborn Jeff L

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

1970-12-31Douglas DC-6 · Valid registration

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