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N40427

Balloon Works FIREFLY 7

N40427 is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7, a balloon with no engine, built in 1979. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Anthony, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 1, 2002 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated March 20, 1979.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 7
Serial number
7861
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1979
Cruising speed
63 mph
Transponder code
A4BE3B (octal 51137073)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 1, 2002
Expires
March 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 21, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · March 20, 1979
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00101114

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Word D Glen
Type
Individual
Address
1 Cielo Dorado
Anthony, NM 88021-9202

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

1975-01-23Martin 404 · Valid registration

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