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N7227S

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15

Valid Indiana

N7227S is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 1998. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Decatur, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 20, 2002 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated November 30, 1998.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-565
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1998
Transponder code
A9AE58 (octal 52327130)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 20, 2002
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · November 30, 1998
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00683816

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Grube Jay C
Type
Individual
Address
5605 W 100 N
Decatur, IN 46733-8606

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

1991-07-11Cessna 150H · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

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