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N7405Q

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B

N7405Q is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B, a balloon with no engine, built in 1987. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Greenville, South Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 14, 2003 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 8, 1987.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B
Serial number
F8B-076
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1987
Transponder code
A9F5A0 (octal 52372640)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 14, 2003
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 14, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · May 8, 1987
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00505520

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Loucks Charles J
Type
Individual
Address
39 Terrain Dr
Greenville, SC 29605-6058

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

1973-10-24Cessna U206F · exported to France · Valid registration

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