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N7129E

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15

Valid Texas

N7129E is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 2000. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Amarillo, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 25, 2014 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated January 6, 2000.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-593
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2000
Transponder code
A98713 (octal 52303423)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 25, 2014
Expires
April 30, 2030
Last FAA action
October 20, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · January 6, 2000
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00696042

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hoover Mike L
Type
Individual
Address
3423 Danbury Dr
Amarillo, TX 79109-4069

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

1979-03-26Cessna 182B · exported to Mexico · Valid registration

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