Aerostar S50A Balloons

This website's goal is to show pictures of as many Aerostar S50A balloons as I can find.
If you would like yours added, please send a picture to me:
ksproul@skychariot.com

Spedcial thanks to Alyssa Brown at Balloonacy Limited.
She has put a lot of effort into putting many Aerostar balloons pictures up on FaceBook in the Raven/Aerostar group.
All of the Design Sheets and Factory Inflation pictures came from her.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/220192496755089

Special Thanks to Brock Boehm with the Hot Air Balloon Database on flickr
https://flickr.com/photos/191681946@N04/

Special Thanks to George Garcia Pictures on flickr
https://flickr.com/photos/balloonz/albums/

Some pictures from https://www.jetphotos.com

S50A Statistics

Model	Size	Registered USA	Registered Canada	Deregistered USA	Serial Number Range

Last updated 1/15/2025 8:31:47

Type	Count
Number of Ballloons	9
Number of Pictures	14
Factory Inflation Pictures	1

NOTE: Sorted by Serial Number

Reg	Serial Num	Brand / Model	Balloon Name	Comment	Owner	State	Year Manf
Picture 1		Picture 2		Factory Inflation		Design Sheet
Back Ground Color = Yellow is a balloon Keith Sproul owns, has owned, or has flown in
First Prev 1 Next Last
N-1944R	S50A-151	Raven Vulcoon R S-50a			James Thornton	MI	1970
Picture from Bruce Comstock
First Prev 2 Next Last
N-4020U	S50A-288	Raven S-50A	Foxfire		Darrell Day	IL	1980s

First Prev 3 Next Last
N-1928R	S50A-132	Raven S-50A			Douglas Denlinger Was Paul Tychsen (WA)	WA	1969
Picture from Douglas Denlinger		Picture from Douglas Denlinger		Picture from Douglas Denlinger
First Prev 4 Next Last
C-GQHX	S50A-166	Raven S-50A				Canada
PIcture taken 1977
First Prev 5 Next Last
N-1989R	S50A-196	Raven S-50A			Floyd Scharff	IA	1972
Picture from Mateo Villacorta				Factory Inflation
First Prev 6 Next Last
N-51485	S50A-208	Raven S-50a	Budweiser		Registration Pending	MO	1973
Picture by Bill Flynt
First Prev 7 Next Last
N-21SS	S50A-236	Raven S-50A			William Cunningham
Alyssa Brown		Picture from Mateo Villacorta
First Prev 8 Next Last
N-54690	S50A-248	Raven S-50A			Bubbles On Ash LLC	AZ	1974
Picture from Douglas Denlinger		Picture from Douglas Denlinger
First Prev 9 Next Last
N-1069R	S50A-265	Raven S-50A	Bagover		Frederick Cavaness	NM	1975

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Created 9/23/2024
Modified 1/15/2025
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