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N72524

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15

Valid Texas

N72524 is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Prosper, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 19, 2000 and expires on August 31, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-615
Type
Balloon
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A9B8DA (octal 52334332)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 19, 2000
Expires
August 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 3, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00793615

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Marx Michael B
Type
Co-owned
Address
2400 Crown Colony Cir
Prosper, TX 75078-8771
Co-owners
Marx Rebecca S

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

1952-10-28Cessna 120 · Valid registration

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