Staging copy. The live site is at https://staging.data.eflight.com.
eFlight RegistryFAA data, updated daily
Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N51985

Aerostar International Inc RX 8

Valid Florida

N51985 is an Aerostar International Inc RX 8, a balloon with no engine, built in 1999. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Hutchinson Island, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 20, 1999 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated July 30, 1999.

Aircraft

Maker
Aerostar International Inc
Model
RX 8
Serial number
RX8-3321
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1999
Transponder code
A6866C (octal 51503154)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 20, 1999
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · July 30, 1999
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00065862

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hooper Roger
Type
Individual
Address
5167 N Hwy A1A Apt 408
Hutchinson Island, FL 34949-7840

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

1950-12-29Fairchild M-62A · Valid registration

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