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N438R

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15

N438R is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Travelers Rest, South Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 22, 2014 and expires on July 31, 2027. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-601
Type
Balloon
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A5424D (octal 51241115)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 22, 2014
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 4, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00756042

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Seeger Kenneth Anthony
Type
Individual
Address
250 Clearview Cir
Travelers Rest, SC 29690-9547

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