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Albums

  1. 2015 National Balloon Classic

    Photos from National Balloon Classic mass ascension.
    • Album created by Guest
    • Updated
    • 72 images
    • 72 images
  2. High 5 Ballooning

    Photos from 2012 NJ Festival of ballooning
    • 47 images
  3. Indianola 2010

    Indianola Iowa National Balloon Classic
    • Album created by CaptJeff
    • Updated
    • 44 images
    • 1 image comment
    • 44 images
    • 1 image comment
  4. Photos In The Field

    • 36 images
  5. A hot air balloon ride in St Augustine, FL

    Various shots of the difficult flying conditions in St Augustine, FL. Technical, precision flights due to the topography consisting mostly of wasps, water, ocean and river.
    • 31 images
  6. 2013 Classic Trip

    The Thompson Team from Florida go to Iowa.
    • 25 images
  7. Equinox Hot Air Balloon Rides

    Hot air ballooning images from Equinox Hot Air Balloon Rides in Phoenix, Arizona
    • 22 images
  8. Thompson Aire in flight photos

    Photos were taken durring the flight with a GoPro setup like you can read about on the Current Events page.
    • 18 images
  9. Sunrise Flight

    Sunrise Flight over New Hampshire
    • Album created by bearship3
    • Updated
    • 18 images
    • 18 images
  10. Inflators

    • Album created by Guest
    • Updated
    • 14 images
    • 14 images
  11. Statesville

    2008 Statesville balloon fest
    • Album created by CaptJeff
    • Updated
    • 14 images
    • 14 images
  12. The Thompsons Family

    The Thompson, Jeff, Jon, Jim, Gina, Jay, Connie, Julie, Tyler, Hailey, Ava (The youngest and most photographed)
    • 14 images
  13. The view from my office.

    Pictures while out flying.

    • Album created by JonT
    • Updated
    • 13 images
    • 13 images
  14. My Logos

    Things I use to build my signature
    • 13 images
  15. Special Shapes

    Envelopes for sale
    • 10 images
  16. 2011 Indianola Classic

    Photos from the 2011 Indianola National Balloon Classic.
    • Album created by CaptJeff
    • Updated
    • 10 images
    • 10 images
  17. ZING Aerosports

    Snapshots of our Custom made balloons
    • Album created by Zing
    • Updated
    • 7 images
    • 1 image comment
    • 7 images
    • 1 image comment
  18. Balloon

    • Album created by Kevin Cloney
    • Updated
    • 6 images
    • 6 images
  19. Love is in the Air Ballooning Las Vegas, NV

    Random photographs of ballooning in Las Vegas, Nevada and beyond.
    • Album created by Kevin Cloney
    • Updated
    • 6 images
    • 6 images
  20. Wedding Engagement

    A few of our guests that choose Love is in the Air Ballooning to propose or get married.
    • Album created by Kevin Cloney
    • Updated
    • 6 images
    • 6 images
  21. Repairs

    Repairs
    • 6 images
  22. My Media

    Photos for use in articles
    • 6 images
  23. http://www.aerogelicballooning.com/

    http://www.aerogelicballooning.com/
    • Album created by aerogelic
    • Updated
    • 6 images
    • 6 images
  24. Tommy's pics

    • 4 images


  • Image Comments

    • Found this Blog yesterday written by the previous owner's daughter....
      https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/15459761-of-hot-air-balloons-and-heart-s-desires
      Of Hot Air Balloons and Heart’s Desires
      Summer is here, and I look forward to a new joy this year: seeing my late father’s pride and joy, Pegasus, fly the skies again.

      When my father passed away last year, I sold his custom hot air balloon to help pay for his final arrangements. My father hadn’t flown her in close to 20 years, and I was overjoyed to finally see her aloft again in pictures and video of balloon rallies last fall.

      Pegasus is a custom made hot air balloon featuring a black Pegasus with silver wings and horn centered on a full blue moon on a purple background flecked with red and silver stars. She flies solid black pennants, with the slogan “Once in a Blue Moon” at the very bottom. Her striking red eyes and black coat were my touch as a child, as I helped my father design the balloon. Pegasus represented his proudest accomplishment of becoming a hot air balloon pilot, which took him many years of study, sandwiched in on evenings and weekends when he wasn’t working hard on overhead door work. I believe that my father’s happiest memories came from flying her, his most favorite thing in the world…and why he couldn’t bring himself to sell her, when he grew too ill to fly. My dad couldn’t bear to let another pilot take custody of his dream. It’s hard to let go of your heart’s desire, even when you know its time. But dreams held too long slowly become weights that hold you back from new dreams. You can’t move forward standing still…or fly, when you are trapped on the ground.

      Pegasus has a new owner that loves her very much⎯I daresay as much as my dad⎯, and deserves more time in the sun, being admired amidst the clouds. She is part of someone else’s dreams now, with a beautiful future stretching out before her like the endless blue sky. It fills my heart with happiness to see her aloft once more, galloping fast among the clouds.

      Cherish your past, and live your dreams as much as you can, every day. And when its time, let them go gently, drifting on the wind.
       
    • Wow!  Very cool.  Thanks for sharing.
    • I still think about Sid when I see that balloon.
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