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N4049R

Balloon Works FIREFLY 5

Valid Oklahoma

N4049R is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 5, a balloon with no engine, built in 1979. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Chickasha, Oklahoma. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 25, 2014 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated March 26, 1979.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 5
Serial number
510
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1979
Cruising speed
60 mph
Transponder code
A4BF20 (octal 51137440)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 25, 2014
Expires
September 30, 2027
Last FAA action
March 17, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · March 26, 1979
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00751124

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Claypole David C
Type
Individual
Address
1216 County Road 1354
Chickasha, OK 73018-8026

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

1968-06-26Piper PA-32-300 · Valid registration

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