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N52972

Aerostar International Inc RXS-8

Valid

N52972 is an Aerostar International Inc RXS-8, a balloon with no engine, built in 2001. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an owner whose details are withheld at their request. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 1, 2014 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated October 18, 2001.

Aircraft

Maker
Aerostar International Inc
Model
RXS-8
Serial number
RXS8-3108
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
4
Year built
2001
Transponder code
A6ADC5 (octal 51526705)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 1, 2014
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 24, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · October 18, 2001
FAA region
—
FAA record id
00153917

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Withheld at the owner's request
Type
Individual
Address

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

1994-06-16Bell 412 · exported to Singapore · Valid registration
1951-07-13Consolidated Vultee BT-13A · Valid registration

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