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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N979TC

Colt Balloons Ltd 105-A

Valid Kentucky

N979TC is a Colt Balloons Ltd 105-A, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Louisville, Kentucky. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 19, 2018 and expires on October 31, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Colt Balloons Ltd
Model
105-A
Serial number
1514US
Type
Balloon
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
ADA6C0 (octal 53323300)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 19, 2018
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00374378

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Lawhorn Richard G
Type
Individual
Address
8110 Sycamore Creek Dr
Louisville, KY 40222-3921

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.

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