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N9044Q

Balloon Works FIREFLY 7

N9044Q is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Littleton, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 23, 1989 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 19, 1989.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 7
Serial number
A78553S
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
63 mph
Transponder code
AC80FB (octal 53100373)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 23, 1989
Expires
February 29, 2028
Last FAA action
April 21, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · May 19, 1989
FAA region
New England
FAA record id
00954561

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Thornton Ronald D
Type
Individual
Address
10 Uplands Rd
Littleton, MA 01460-1117

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 2

1970-09-01Beech 58 · exported to South Africa · Valid registration
—Robinson Helicopter R22 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

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