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N72277

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8

Valid Wyoming

N72277 is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8, a balloon with no engine, built in 1999. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Wamsutter, Wyoming. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 27, 2023 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 26, 1999.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8
Serial number
F8428
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1999
Transponder code
A9AE67 (octal 52327147)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 27, 2023
Expires
January 31, 2030
Last FAA action
February 13, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · May 26, 1999
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00283677

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Rauch Seth J
Type
Individual
Address
784 Riner Ave
Wamsutter, WY 82336-5031

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.

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