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N4053Y

Balloon Works FIREFLY 7

Valid Iowa

N4053Y is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7, a balloon with no engine, built in 1980. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Slater, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 2, 1990 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated January 7, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 7
Serial number
10088
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1980
Cruising speed
63 mph
Transponder code
A4C20C (octal 51141014)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 2, 1990
Expires
January 31, 2030
Last FAA action
September 29, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · January 7, 1980
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00371164

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ihle Ronald W
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 216
Slater, IA 50244-0216

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.

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