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Type certificate A14SO

Held today by JR Aerosports LTD., earlier by Sundance Balloons (Us)\Sundance Balloons (US), Balloon Works\Sundance Balloons (US). It covers 28 models; about 206 aircraft on the U.S. register are built to the designs it names. Last revised September 16, 2010 (revision 39). 4 FAA orders name its designs, and 51 approved modifications build on it.

Models under this certificate 28

Firefly 8B Sphere, Firefly 11, Firefly 9B-15, Firefly 8-24, Firefly 6B-15, Firefly 8 Cube, Firefly 8B, Firefly 12B, Firefly 7-15, Firefly JC-9B, Firefly 6, Firefly 7B, Firefly 10, Firefly 8B-15, Firefly TV-180, Firefly Bottle, Firefly 8, Firefly C7, Firefly 9, Firefly 7B-15, Firefly Boot, Firefly C7B, Firefly 6B, Firefly 11B, Firefly 5, Firefly 7, Firefly B7, Firefly C8

On this site

Balloon Works FIREFLY 5 5 registeredBalloon Works FIREFLY 6 18 registeredBalloon Works FIREFLY 8 183 registered

The data sheet on the FAA's site: the approved engines and propellers, weights, speeds and limits for each model.

FAA orders on these designs 4 · newest first

2013-03-192013-03-10 · Hardware · other and general
1981-03-1181-05-03 · Fuel tank shut-off valve modification · engine
1976-04-3075-12-08 · Throttle or Trigger Valves · other and general
1975-08-1375-17-36 · Brass Nipple Failure · other and general

Approved modifications 51 · companies holding the most

JR Aerosports LTD 18Sundance Ballons LTD. 4Electronics International 3Ronald T. Digiovanni 2John Terry 2Advanced Aircraft Components 2Viitala William Thomas 1Thornton Ronald D. 1

Source: FAA type certificate data sheets (Dynamic Regulatory System); register counts from the FAA register of October 7, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/certificate/A14SO.json.