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N4044W

Balloon Works FIREFLY 7

N4044W 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 Littleton, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 6, 1989 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 10, 1979.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 7
Serial number
7880
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1979
Cruising speed
63 mph
Transponder code
A4BE76 (octal 51137166)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 6, 1989
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
July 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · May 10, 1979
FAA region
New England
FAA record id
00501124

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Thornton Ronald D
Type
Individual
Address
10 Uplands Rd
Littleton, MA 01460-1117

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

1967-03-16Piper PA-32-300 · exported to Madagascar · Valid registration

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