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N7078S

Balloon Works FIREFLY 7B-15

N7078S is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 1999. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 24, 2019 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated September 2, 1999.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 7B-15
Serial number
F7B-389
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1999
Transponder code
A97210 (octal 52271020)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 24, 2019
Expires
June 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 23, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · September 2, 1999
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00925862

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Akin Jason B
Type
Individual
Address
211 Ivan Ct NE
Rio Rancho, NM 87124-6345

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

1995-07-21Bell 412 · exported to Taiwan · Valid registration
1972-04-10Cessna 150 · exported to Canada · Valid registration

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