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N9024R

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B

N9024R is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Reach For The Stars Hot Air Balloon Foundation, a corporation in Winchester, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 28, 2015 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 24, 1989.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B
Serial number
F8B-180
Type
Balloon
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
AC798E (octal 53074616)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 28, 2015
Expires
September 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 10, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · April 24, 1989
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00684541

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Reach For The Stars Hot Air Balloon Foundation
Type
Corporation
Address
32365 Thompson Rd
Winchester, CA 92596-9335

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

—Evans-M Perry B-8M · Second attempt to mail the triennial form, no response

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