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N7252V

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15

N7252V is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 2001. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 4, 2019 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated January 22, 2001.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-618
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2001
Transponder code
A9B8D1 (octal 52334321)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 4, 2019
Expires
June 30, 2029
Last FAA action
December 31, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · January 22, 2001
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00653634

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Vanwye Kenneth Edward
Type
Co-owned
Address
2722 El Tesoro Escondido NW
Albuquerque, NM 87120-1533
Co-owners
Vanwye Sandra Edith

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

1985-03-15Intermountain CALLAIR A-9B · Valid registration

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