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N7117C

Balloon Works FIREFLY 7

Valid New York

N7117C is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7, a balloon with no engine, built in 1988. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Norwich, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 9, 2001 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 9, 1988.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 7
Serial number
F7-417
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1988
Cruising speed
63 mph
Transponder code
A98314 (octal 52301424)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 9, 2001
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 24, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · May 9, 1988
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00104211

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bliss Stephen D
Type
Individual
Address
114 Bartlett Rd
Norwich, NY 13815-3271

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 1

1972-01-20Lockheed 1049G-82 · Valid registration

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