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N7414B

Balloon Works FIREFLY 7

Valid Iowa

N7414B is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Des Moines, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 13, 2019 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated February 24, 1986.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 7
Serial number
F7-282
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
63 mph
Transponder code
A9F927 (octal 52374447)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 13, 2019
Expires
March 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 21, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · February 24, 1986
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00302437

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Downey Lawrence C
Type
Individual
Address
2920 NE 46Th Ave
Des Moines, IA 50317-5452

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

1958-07-11Champion 7EC · exported to Canada · Valid registration

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