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N9091Z

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15

N9091Z is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Meridian, Mississippi. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 29, 2023 and expires on November 30, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development, dated September 19, 1991.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-400
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
AC932E (octal 53111456)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 29, 2023
Expires
November 30, 2030
Last FAA action
November 29, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Research and development · September 19, 1991
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00573942

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Kiehle Erik A
Type
Individual
Address
8726 Chapel Rd
Meridian, MS 39305-8897

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

1966-02-03North American B-25J · Valid registration
—Piper PA-28-181 · Valid, assigned to the manufacturer under its dealer certificate

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