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N7138H

Aerostar International Inc RX 8

Valid Arizona

N7138H is an Aerostar International Inc RX 8, a balloon with no engine, built in 1998. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Florence, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 21, 2019 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated July 31, 1998.

Aircraft

Maker
Aerostar International Inc
Model
RX 8
Serial number
RX8-3312
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1998
Transponder code
A98AAA (octal 52305252)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 21, 2019
Expires
February 28, 2029
Last FAA action
July 18, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · July 31, 1998
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00663696

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Backes Daniel A
Type
Individual
Address
800 E Butte Ave Lot 39
Florence, AZ 85132-9237

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

1965-07-20Piper J3C-65 · 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