# STC SB02972AT - Type: Supplemental type certificate - Status: Current, Reissued - Holder: JR Aerosports LTD, United States - Description: Installation of Aerostar International carriages, burners, and instruments under a Firefly 10 balloon envelope. - Applied: August 5, 2004 - Status date: September 16, 2010 - Product: Aircraft, Balloon - Certification basis: Part 21 - Data sheets: [TCDS A14SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A14SO) - Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/67/04/67047499f6ad2f925b60087addb81a3b7f4ece459ae44a92353fc44df10aac79 - FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/658DFAB8948B7401862577B50040003B.0001 - DRS record last changed: December 6, 2025 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB02972AT ## ADs that name it (0) None. ## Approved models (4) - Sundance Balloons (US) Firefly 10 ([TCDS A14SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A14SO)) - Sundance Balloons (US) Firefly 8 ([TCDS A14SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A14SO)) - Sundance Balloons (US) Firefly 9 ([TCDS A14SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A14SO)) - Sundance Balloons (US) Firefly 9B-15 ([TCDS A14SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A14SO)) ## What the certificate says This is OCR from the scanned FAA certificate. OCR can misread letters and numbers. United States of America Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Supplemental Type Certificate Number: SB02972AT This certificate issued to: JR Aerosports, Ltd. 850 Meacham Road Statesville, NC 28677 Part. 31 of the Federal Aviation Regulutions. Original Product - - Type Certificute Number: A1450 Make: JR Aerosports, Ltd. (Sundance Balloons (US)) (Dawson Properties Group LLC) (Balloon Works) Model: Firefly 8, 9, 9B-15, and 10 Description of Type Design Change: Instalation of Aerostar International carriages, burners and instruments under Firefly balloon envelopes as follows: Firefly 8 as shown on Firefly Balloons drawing B224, Revision A, or later FAA approved revision Firefly 9 as shown on Firefly Balloons drawing B225, Revision A, or later FAA approved revision Firefly 9B-15 as shown on Firefly Balloons drawing B223, Revision A, or later FAA approved revision Firefly 10 as shown on Firefly Balloons drawing A220, Revision A, or later FAA approved revision Limitations and Conditions: This approval should not be extended to other balloons of this model on which other previously approved modifications are incorporated, unless it is determined by the installer that the interrelationship between this change and any other previously approved modifications will produce no adverse effect upon the airworthiness of that balloon. If the holder agrees to permit another person to use this certificate to alter the product, the holder shall give the other person written evidence of that permission. Date of Application: August 05, 2004 Date of Issuance: October October 2004 FEDERAL AVIATION Date Reissued: June 24, 2005 (Reissued to Dawson Property Group LLC): June 29, 2006 (Reissued to Sundance Balloons (US)); August 11, 2009 (address change); September 16, 2010 (Reissued to JR Aerosports, Ltd.) Date Amended: January January 2006 By direction of the Administrator TOMINISTRATIO (Signature) Melvin D. Taylor Manager, Atlanta Aircraft Certification Office United States of America Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Supplemental Type Certificate (Continuation Sheet) Number: SB02972AT Date of Issuance: October 25, 2004 Date Amended: January 11, 2006 Date Reissued: June 24, 2005 (Reissued to Dawson Property Group LLC): June 29, 2006 (Reissued to Sundance Balloons (US)); August 11, 2009 (address change); September 16, 2010 (Reissued to JR Aerosports, Ltd.) Limitations and Conditions: (Continued): When Aerostar International carriages, burner, and instruments are installed under a Firefly 8 balloon envelope: Firefly Balloons Flight Manual Supplement dated January 11, 2006, or later FAA approved revision, is a required part of this STC. Firefly Balloons Instructions for Continued Airworthiness Supplement dated October 27, 2005, or later FAA accepted revision, is a required part of this STC. When Aerostar International carriages, burner, and instruments are installed under a Firefly 9 balloon envelope: Firefly Balloons Flight Manual Supplement dated January 11, 2006, or later FAA approved revision, is a required part of this STC. Firefly Balloons Instructions for Continued Airworthiness Supplement dated October 27, 2005, or later FAA accepted revision, is a required part of this STC. When Aerostar International carriages, burner, and instruments are installed under a Firefly 9B-15 balloon envelope: Firefly Balloons Flight Manual Supplement dated January 11, 2006, or later FAA approved revision, is a required part of this STC. Firefly Balloons Instructions for Continued Airworthiness Supplement dated October 27, 2005, or later FAA accepted revision, is a required part of this STC. When Aerostar International carriages, burner, and instruments are installed under a Firefly 10 balloon envelope: Firefly Balloons Flight Manual Supplement M10, dated October 25, 2004, or later FAA approved revision, is a required part of this STC. Firefly Balloons Instructions for Continued Airworthiness Supplement R10, dated August 28, 2004, or later FAA accepted revision, is a required part of this STC. Any service bulletin or airworthiness directive issued by the Aerostar International which involves any part used on this balloon shall be considered mandatory for compliance on this balloon according to the same terms that it is required for compliance on an Aerostar International balloon. Aerostar International airworthiness directives and service bulletins applying to the envelope are not applicable to this balloon. -END- FAA FORM 8110-2-1 (10-69) PAGE 2 of 2 PAGES ## Every issue (4) - September 16, 2010: Reissued, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/67/04/67047499f6ad2f925b60087addb81a3b7f4ece459ae44a92353fc44df10aac79) - August 11, 2009: Reissued, Historical. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/d7/62/d762ed91e33d5913ef6bf43fd9c18c96343755fca1f697d2e7567f2937d0e5ab) - June 29, 2006: Reissued, Historical. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/e9/52/e9520d21533e6f835ec74088a2e024a7d5a789c20b4b064d95626043c60af214) - June 24, 2005: Reissued, Historical. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/d0/95/d095eade02d18e98c0f020b1272e645644881b2c09c546286196ae7637b3dfc2) --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.