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N40518

Balloon Works FIREFLY 7

Valid Colorado

N40518 is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Greeley, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 19, 2021 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 15, 1982.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 7
Serial number
11143
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
63 mph
Transponder code
A4C1D0 (octal 51140720)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 19, 2021
Expires
November 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 23, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · April 15, 1982
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00431144

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Vande Hoef Raymond L
Type
Individual
Address
1017 15Th St
Greeley, CO 80631-4731

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

1974-02-01Piper PA-23-250 · exported to Australia · Valid registration

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