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N9288A

Pivotal (BlackFly / Helix) BLACKFLY V3

Valid eVTOLElectricCalifornia

N9288A is a Pivotal (BlackFly / Helix) BLACKFLY V3, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor powered by electric motors. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Always Blue Skies INC, a non-citizen corporation in Palo Alto, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 4, 2022 and expires on January 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Pivotal (BlackFly / Helix): Single-seat personal eVTOL, Palo Alto, California

Aircraft

Maker
Pivotal (BlackFly / Helix) (United States)
FAA spelling: ALWAYS BLUE SKIES INC
Model
BLACKFLY V3
Serial number
SN104-0064
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Electric, 8 motors
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
ACDF53 (octal 53157523)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 4, 2022
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01357133

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Always Blue Skies INC
Type
Non-citizen corporation
Address
1029 Corporation Way
Palo Alto, CA 94303-4305

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

2013-09-17Cessna 170A · Registration expired, pending cancellation

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