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N4042K

Balloon Works FIREFLY 7

Valid Nebraska

N4042K 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 Ceresco, Nebraska. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 13, 2014 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated March 7, 1979.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 7
Serial number
7856
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1979
Cruising speed
63 mph
Transponder code
A4BE25 (octal 51137045)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 13, 2014
Expires
May 31, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · March 7, 1979
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00591104

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Halling Wayne C
Type
Individual
Address
18500 N 70Th St
Ceresco, NE 68017-4352

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

1949-11-22North American NAVION · exported to Cuba · Valid registration

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