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N70724

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8

Valid Virginia

N70724 is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Blue Ridge Hot Air Balloons LLC, an LLC in Front Royal, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 16, 2018 and expires on April 30, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8
Serial number
F8-436
Type
Balloon
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A9714A (octal 52270512)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 16, 2018
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00525790

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Blue Ridge Hot Air Balloons LLC
Type
LLC
Address
552 Milldale Hollow Rd
Front Royal, VA 22630-7309

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

1995-10-27Boeing 737-297 · exported to Israel · Valid registration
1971-05-03Piper J3C-65 · Valid registration

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