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This is the special members albums category

Albums

  1. 2011 Indianola Classic

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

  2. 2013 Classic Trip

    The Thompson Team from Florida go to Iowa.
    • 25 images

  3. 2015 National Balloon Classic

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

  4. 2015 National Balloon Classic

    Mass Ascension photos.
    • Album created by Guest
    • 0 images
    • 0 images

  5. A Grape Escape Balloon Adventure, Temecula, CA

    • Album created by hotairtours
    • Updated
    • 21 images
    • 21 images

  6. 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

  7. Balloon

    • Album created by Kevin Cloney
    • Updated
    • 6 images
    • 6 images

  8. Central New York Balloon Rides

    Flying high above Syracuse and surrounding areas
    • Album created by petergriswold
    • Updated
    • 4 images
    • 4 images

  9. Equinox Hot Air Balloon Rides

    Hot air ballooning images from Equinox Hot Air Balloon Rides in Phoenix, Arizona
    • 22 images

  10. First Solo Flight

    Tyson's first solo flight
    • Album created by Kevin Cloney
    • Updated
    • 1 image
    • 1 image

  11. Flying Miss Norma

    A flight with Thompson Aire
    • Album created by Jim Thompson
    • Updated
    • 4 images
    • 4 images

  12. GOPRO set up

    • Album created by skip
    • Updated
    • 1 image
    • 1 image

  13. Havasu Balloon Festival by Jillian Danielson

    Hot Air Balloons from the Lake Havasu City, AZ Balloon Festival! Was so much fun and hope to see you pilots/crew at the next one January, 2014!!
    • Album created by jillian1
    • Updated
    • 2 images
    • 2 images

  14. High 5 Ballooning

    Photos from 2012 NJ Festival of ballooning
    • 47 images

  15. http://www.aerogelicballooning.com/

    http://www.aerogelicballooning.com/
    • Album created by aerogelic
    • Updated
    • 6 images
    • 6 images

  16. Indianola 2010

    Indianola Iowa National Balloon Classic
    • Album created by CaptJeff
    • Updated
    • 44 images
    • 1 image comment
    • 44 images
    • 1 image comment

  17. Inflator Brochure

    Our most recent inflator cut sheet.
    • Album created by Guest
    • Updated
    • 2 images
    • 2 images

  18. Inflators

    • Album created by Guest
    • Updated
    • 14 images
    • 14 images

  19. IOWA

    Video clip from the national balloon classic
    • 0 images

  20. items for Sale

    Misc. items for sale
    • 0 images

  21. Kubicek Balloons

    • Album created by wilballoon
    • Updated
    • 1 image
    • 1 image comment
    • 1 image
    • 1 image comment

  22. 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

  23. Misc For Sale

    Balloon Related Books, bags and decals
    • 0 images

  24. Morning Glory

    Photos taken in flight of a morning glory hitting hot air balloons in flight.
    • 2 images

  25. My Logos

    Things I use to build my signature
    • 13 images


  • Image Comments

    • Once In A Blue Moon

      By Guest · Posted

      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.
       
    • AIBF 2016

      By hotairballoonist · Posted

      Wow!  Very cool.  Thanks for sharing.
    • 114

      By hotairballoonist · Posted

      I still think about Sid when I see that balloon.

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