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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026
N1502H

Galaxy Balloons Inc GALAXY 9

Renewal notice sentFAA registration status code 25: First notice for registration renewal. All codesVirginia

N1502H is a Galaxy Balloons Inc GALAXY 9, a balloon with no engine, built in 2002. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Coastal Balloons LLC, an LLC in Norfolk, Virginia. The FAA lists the registration as "first notice for registration renewal" (certificate issued January 24, 2017). It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated January 16, 2002.

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Aircraft

Maker
Galaxy Balloons Inc
Model
GALAXY 9
Serial number
GLX-1049
Type
BalloonFAA type of aircraft code 2 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
NoneFAA type of engine code 0 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · None NONE
Seats
8
Year built
2002
Transponder code
A0CCD5 (octal 50146325)

Registration

Status
First notice for registration renewalFAA registration status code 25 (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
January 24, 2017
Expires
January 31, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · BalloonFAA certificate purpose code B (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · January 16, 2002
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00394007

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Coastal Balloons LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
711 Connecticut Ave
Norfolk, VA 23508-2709

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

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The public federal record on N1502H, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.

ATTENTIONRegistration and identity

Registration status is "First notice for registration renewal". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated January 16, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial GLX-1049 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N1502H according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N1502H. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data