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N5252H

William Vavra BARD 39

Valid Nevada

N5252H is a William Vavra BARD 39, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Reno, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 21, 2024 and expires on June 30, 2031. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
William Vavra
Model
BARD 39
Serial number
975
Type
Balloon
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A69E27 (octal 51517047)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 21, 2024
Expires
June 30, 2031
Last FAA action
June 21, 2024
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01454329

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Vavra William
Type
Individual
Address
7575 Young Cir
Reno, NV 89511-1325

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 3

2018-04-12Aerostar International Inc S53A · First notice for registration renewal
1996-02-06Cessna 152 · exported to India · Sale reported
1964-09-01Piper PA-16S · Valid registration

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