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N7082P

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15

N7082P is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 1999. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in East Bend, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 21, 2005 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 27, 1999.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-581
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1999
Transponder code
A974F2 (octal 52272362)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 21, 2005
Expires
August 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 3, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · May 27, 1999
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00455712

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ponticelli John T
Type
Individual
Address
3028 Black Diamond Ln
East Bend, NC 27018-8822

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

1996-05-22Aerovodochody L-29 DELFIN · Valid registration
1961-01-20Piper PA-24-250 · exported to Argentina · Valid registration

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