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N52WH

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15

Valid Colorado

N52WH is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Hotchkiss, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 5, 2007 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 5, 1994.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-459
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A68891 (octal 51504221)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 5, 2007
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
July 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · April 5, 1994
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00744652

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Oliva Raul C
Type
Individual
Address
10257 3250 Rd
Hotchkiss, CO 81419-6712

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