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N8039H

Balloon Works FIREFLY 6B

Valid New York

N8039H is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 6B, a balloon with no engine, built in 1977. It is registered to an individual in Clinton Corners, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 1, 1996 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated August 5, 1977.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 6B
Serial number
6681
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
0
Year built
1977
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
AAF09D (octal 52570235)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 1, 1996
Expires
June 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · August 5, 1977
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00940592

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bowlander Franklin G
Type
Individual
Address
260 Hobbs Ln
Clinton Corners, NY 12514-2441

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

1970-12-31Beech C-45F · Valid registration

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