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N71104

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B

N71104 is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B, a balloon with no engine, built in 1987. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Napa, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 23, 2017 and expires on March 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated October 28, 1987. 4 documents are on file: 4 × bill of sale (evidence of ownership).

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B
Serial number
F8B-116
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1987
Transponder code
A98239 (octal 52301071)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 23, 2017
Expires
March 31, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · October 28, 1987
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00733841

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Stahlecker Matt M
Type
Co-owned
Address
4340 Old Sonoma Hwy
Napa, CA 94559-9709
Co-owners
Solis Rolando / Putnam David M

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 4

2026-09-01Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)
2026-09-01Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)
2026-09-01Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)
2026-09-01Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

Earlier use of this number 1

1965-10-05Luscombe 8A · Valid registration

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