Balloon

N1525L

2003 Firefly Balloons Firefly 9B-15

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2003
Serial
F9B-2003
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Star Ballooning LLC (LLC)
Based
Bridgewater, VA
Registration record

N1525L on the FAA register

Type
2003 Firefly Balloons Firefly 9B-15
Serial
F9B-2003
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Star Ballooning LLC
Bridgewater, VA
Certificate issued
2022-03-02
Airworthiness date
2003-04-01
Registration expires
2029-03-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · balloon
Mode S (hex)
A0D4AF
Mode S (octal)
50152257
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2022-03-02
    Certificate of registration issued as N1525L to the current registrant.
  • 2003-04-01
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (balloon)).
  • 1976-04-21
    N1525L previously assigned to a Beechcraft 58 Baron (s/n TH-737); cancelled.
Overview

About N1525L

N1525L is a 2003 Firefly Balloons Firefly 9B-15, serial number F9B-2003. The FAA register lists Star Ballooning LLC as the registrant in Bridgewater, Virginia. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 2, 2022 and expires on March 31, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (balloon), dated April 1, 2003.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N1525L.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N1525L.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.