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N4038R

Balloon Works FIREFLY 6B

Valid Iowa

N4038R is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 6B, a balloon with no engine, built in 1978. It is registered to Balloons Over Iowa LTD, a corporation in Carlisle, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 16, 2014 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 6B
Serial number
6740
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
0
Year built
1978
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
A4BB46 (octal 51135506)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 16, 2014
Expires
January 31, 2030
Last FAA action
September 30, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00841104

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Balloons Over Iowa LTD
Type
Corporation
Address
18999 Blue Pl
Carlisle, IA 50047-5452

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 2

1971-06-14Piper PA-28-180 · exported to Germany · Valid registration
1968-12-09Piper PA-32-300 · 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