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Balloon · Quechee, VT
N1509U is a Balloon (serial F8B-2010), registered to Ritland Christopher M (individual) in Quechee, VT. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires October 2027; the airworthiness certificate dates from November 2001 (24 years ago). It carries a None NONE engine, the engine on 97% of registered Balloons. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A0CDD5. It is one of 73 Balloon aircraft on the FAA registry. Ritland Christopher M holds 2 aircraft on the registry.
Source: FAA aircraft registry (public record). Community reviews and photos below.
61 of the 63 registered Balloon carry this engine (97%), across 2 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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