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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 10, 2026Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc FIREFLY 8B-15
N3003S is a Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 2015. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lewiston, Maine. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 12, 2019 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 5, 2015.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc
- Model
- FIREFLY 8B-15 · all FIREFLY 8B-15s and related versions
- Built of
- fabric and wickerA hot-air balloon: a coated nylon envelope, stainless-steel cables, and a wicker or aluminium basket under a propane burner. This is how the Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc FIREFLY 8 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- F8B-2117
- 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
- 4
- Year built
- 2015
- Transponder code
- A32224 (octal 50621044)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 12, 2019
- Expires
- December 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 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 · May 5, 2015
- FAA region
- New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01179032
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Leblanc Giles N
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 29 Pagoma Ln
Lewiston, ME 04240-1703
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No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N3003S links to the rest of the register
- Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc FIREFLY 8 22 registered
- Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc 40 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lewiston, ME 14 aircraft registered in this town
- Maine 1,425 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N3003S, 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.
Valid registration to Leblanc Giles N, an individual, certificate issued December 12, 2019, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 5, 2015, consistent with the 2015 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F8B-2117 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N3003S according to the deregistered file. [2]
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]
1 NTSB record under N3003S: Accident on July 11, 1994 at Tucson, AZ: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 150G · operated under 091
AN ENGINE POWER LOSS FROM FUEL EXHAUSTION DUE TO THE PILOT'S INACCURATE FUEL CONSUMPTION CALCULATIONS.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data