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N71493

Aerostar International Inc RXS-8

Valid Minnesota

N71493 is an Aerostar International Inc RXS-8, a balloon with no engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Rochester, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 26, 2025 and expires on November 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated January 31, 1996.

Aircraft

Maker
Aerostar International Inc
Model
RXS-8
Serial number
RXS8-3067
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A98E98 (octal 52307230)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 26, 2025
Expires
November 30, 2032
Last FAA action
November 26, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · January 31, 1996
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00335831

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Lesmeister Michael A
Type
Individual
Address
670 28Th St SE Apt 150
Rochester, MN 55904-6851

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

1962-06-21Luscombe 8A · 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