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N79UW

Raven S55A

Valid Michigan

N79UW is a Raven S55A, a balloon with no engine, built in 1979. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Rochester, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 8, 1980 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated July 30, 1979.

Aircraft

Maker
Raven
Model
S55A
Serial number
S55A-519
Type
Balloon
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
1979
Cruising speed
60 mph
Transponder code
AAB783 (octal 52533603)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 8, 1980
Expires
August 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 3, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · July 30, 1979
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00045080

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Brittingham Carl H
Type
Individual
Address
1727 Crooks Road
Rochester, MI 48063

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.

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