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N88DC

Aerostar International Inc RAVEN S-55A

Valid Iowa

N88DC is an Aerostar International Inc RAVEN S-55A, 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 September 27, 2021 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated September 24, 1986.

Aircraft

Maker
Aerostar International Inc
Model
RAVEN S-55A
Serial number
S55A-3018
Type
Balloon
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
AC1BCA (octal 53015712)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 27, 2021
Expires
September 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 10, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · September 24, 1986
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00081567

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Borts Wyman L JR
Type
Individual
Address
2901 Grand Ave #302
Des Moines, IA 50312

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

1978-02-07Beech E-55 · exported to Venezuela · Valid registration

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