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N71696

Aerostar International Inc RX 8

N71696 is an Aerostar International Inc RX 8, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Brandon, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 2, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated September 10, 1996.

Aircraft

Maker
Aerostar International Inc
Model
RX 8
Serial number
RX8-3265
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A99609 (octal 52313011)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 2, 2024
Expires
April 30, 2031
Last FAA action
April 2, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · September 10, 1996
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00946181

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Richardson Molly
Type
Individual
Address
48236 265Th St
Brandon, SD 57005-7207

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

1973-11-05Cessna U206F · exported to Australia · Valid registration

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