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N5281K

Aerostar International Inc RX 8

Valid Indiana

N5281K is an Aerostar International Inc RX 8, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Skyline Hot Air Balloons LLC, an LLC in Fishers, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 15, 2020 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
Aerostar International Inc
Model
RX 8
Serial number
RX8-3327
Type
Balloon
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A6A92B (octal 51524453)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 15, 2020
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 4, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00153613

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Skyline Hot Air Balloons LLC
Type
LLC
Address
11807 Allisonville Rd # 224
Fishers, IN 46038-2313

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 2

1995-02-24Cessna 172P · exported to Germany · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1953-08-20Ryan NAVION B · Valid registration

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