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N1525R

2003 Firefly Balloons Firefly 7-15

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2003
Serial
F7-2028
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Emerald Shazam Inc (Corporation)
Based
Pittsburgh, PA
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Registration record

N1525R on the FAA register

Type
2003 Firefly Balloons Firefly 7-15
Serial
F7-2028
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Emerald Shazam Inc
Pittsburgh, PA
Certificate issued
2003-05-30
Airworthiness date
2003-05-29
Registration expires
2030-04-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · balloon
Mode S (hex)
A0D4B4
Mode S (octal)
50152264
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2003-05-30
    Certificate of registration issued as N1525R to the current registrant.
  • 2003-05-29
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (balloon)).
  • 1975-10-03
    N1525R previously assigned to a Grumman/American General AA5B Tiger / Tiger AA-5B (s/n AA5B0025); cancelled.
Overview

About N1525R

N1525R is a 2003 Firefly Balloons Firefly 7-15, serial number F7-2028. The FAA register lists Emerald Shazam Inc as the registrant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 30, 2003 and expires on April 30, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (balloon), dated May 29, 2003.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N1525R. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1975-07-04 Accident · Salt Lake City,Ut, 44 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 2181
Reported aircraft: Grum Amer AA5-B — a different aircraft that carried the N1525R registration before this airframe.

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.