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Katie Griggs 775-771-4175 katieflys@yahoo.com Northern Nevada Safety Seminar Organizer Dayton, Nevada April 5, 2014

NOBPA Balloonowledge Seminar 2014 Saturday, April 5, 2014 Kent State Stark University Conference Center North Canton, Ohio Speaker Lineup/ Topics and Registration Information Coming Soon Contact: Beth Davidson at bdskyangel@aol.com

The Illinois/Indiana Continuing Education Seminar is scheduled to be held on Saturday, March 29, 2014 at the Bremer Center at Danville Area Community College, 2000 E. Main Street, in Danville Illinois. This is a joint venture between the Montgolfier Society of Indiana and the Balloon Association of Greater Illinois. Speakers will include Ryan Carlton, Andy Baird, Bill Clemons, Gordon Schwontkowsi, Dean Carlton, Tony Sandlin, and more. Registration will begin at 7:00am Central time. Classes will run until 5:00pm. A great lunch is included in the registration fee, as well as snacks and drinks. This year we are doing our registrations on-line. You can now pay by credit card or by check. Click this link to register: http://bagiballoon.org/seminar.html

The Great Eastern Balloon Association would like to invite you to participate in our 2014 Continuing Education Safety Seminar, Spring Training for Balloonists, to be held on Saturday, March 15, 2014 at Rutger’s University Busch Campus in Piscataway, New Jersey. We are excited about this year’s format and speaker line up and can’t wait to see so many of our pilot and crew friends there for a fun day of learning! Our line-up, in batting order: FAR’s by Bill Zangs Pilot Decision Making by Sean Quigley Weather or Not by Ryan Carlton Instruction and Examinations by Santo Galatioto *** Break Out Session One (choose one to attend) a. Legal Issues (What are our rights, what are the landowner’s rights), Insurance and Litigation by Gordon Schwontkowski b. It Hasn’t Killed Me Yet (Crew Safety/Techniques) by Ryan Carlton c. Ballooning and Medical Emergencies by Melody Haley, CSN *** Break Out Session Two (choose one to attend) a. Windy Landings: How do YOU prepare your passengers? by Nancy Beck b. Maintenance and Repair by Mark Schilling c. Knots by Dan Pregnar *** Break Out Session Three (choose one to attend) a. Crop Identification by Dwight Cramer b. Aeronautical Charts by Tom Woods, FAA FAAST Team and Emelia Bernavia, DPE c. Ballooning and Medical Emergencies by Melody Haley, CSN And batting clean-up for the day: “How would you handle….?” - A round table session of several presenters discussing their take on various “oh s$#, what now?” situations, moderated by Gordon Schwontkowski The price of admission, including all concessions (that’s meals and beverages!) is $50 for GEBA member pilots, $35 for GEBA member crew, $80 for non-member pilots and $65 for non-member crew. You can easily register online via the website, www.gebaballoon.org Just look for ‘Safety Seminar’ in the bottom right of the home page. If you are not a member currently but would like to join and register that can easily be done together by clicking Join GEBA on the top blue bar. Please email me with any questions! I hope to see you all there! Dawn Chase Great Eastern Balloon Association Board Member _______________________________________________ Continuing Education Safety Seminar Date: March 15, 2014 Time: 8:00 AM – 5:45 PM Location: Rutgers University Busch Campus, Piscataway, NJ Directions to Hill Center http://www.gebaballo...afety-seminar/ You can download an application for this event in the Download Center.

Hello everyone, It is time to register for the 2014 Back-To-Basic Safety Seminar here in Albuquerque. It will be held Saturday March 8th from 8:00am to 5:00pm at Baden's Balloons Repair station. Cost is only $50.00 and that includes snacks, drinks and lunch. We will have topics including Weather, FAR'S, Pilot decision making, Crew Safety , Accident reviews and more. if you need a registration form to fill out let me know and I will send. If you have any questions please give me a call. I look forward to seeing you March 8th. Morgan Braden 505-379-0899

January 1, 2014 Dear Pilots and Crew, The 2013 LTA Colorado Safety Seminar Committee invites you to attend a our seminar on March 8th, 2014 at the Aurora Public Schools Professional Learning and Conference Center in Aurora, Colorado. Our website has a map for you to find it. A few updates from the last month: We have already received BFA sanction, and we have been selected to host the BFA Online Webinar this year. That means we will be filming and live-streaming the whole event! Several local and national companies have come on as sponsors. Look to our website to see who they are. We thank them all for their generosity and support. We have about 30 people registered, taking advantage of the year-end discount. This is a great start, and we have a capacity of 125 this year. Registration is now open on our website www.ltasafetyseminar.org and we are offering a discount if you register before mid-February. The only way to register for this year’s seminar is by filling out the online form. We encourage you to also pay online if you are willing, but you can still send a check if you prefer. Check-in will start at 7:00 a.m. and the seminar will run until about 6:00 p.m. We have a very full day planned so please be punctual. We have a wonderful program coming together for 2014. We believe that our program lends itself strongly to both crew and pilot and we encourage all pilots to gather their crew to attend. Here are the great instructors we have lined up for 2014: Stephen Blucher FARs Toby Brown and Don Day Weather Chris Mattes Pilot and Crew Safety Sam Parks Ballooning Accidents Andy Richardson Maintenance and Repair Scott Spencer Pilot Decision Making A wonderful lunch will be provided as well as a variety of snacks, various sodas, water, coffee, and tea throughout the day. If you have special dietary requirements we need to know about, feel free to contact us. Please join us on March 8, 2014. We look forward to seeing you! Dave Bair 2014 Seminar Chairperson LTA Colorado Safety Seminar, Inc. (719) 352-1589 info@ltasafetyseminar.org

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LTA Colorado Safety Seminar, Inc. Contact us at: info@ltasafetyseminar.org http://hotairballoon...minar-webinar©/

We have a date! Saturday, March 1 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. At Wahl Supply in Decatur, BYO chair etc as always. Let's hope the weather will not be as cold. Now...we need topics and speakers! BFA's new guidelines really don't change anything too much. Dave Sullivan and Clay Turner sent in some, but we could always use YOURS! Send to Mike at mikewahl@hiwaay.net or hit "Reply."

Iowa Balloonist Association IBA Website Continuing Education Seminar Hello pilots, crews and all around balloon enthusiasts, It gives us great pleasure to invite all pilots and crew to the 2014 Iowa Balloonists Association Continuing Education Seminar! We have our great location reserved at the St. Thomas Pastoral Center just West of Indianola at the corner of Highway 92 and Highway R63. (This is the same location we held the seminar in the past couple of years.) We have some really talented and exciting presenters. Most importantly we have all of you to come and share your knowledge, passion and love for the sport of hot air ballooning. All files are available for download in the HotAirBalloonist.com download center. Click link below to download your copy an plan to attend. Download application in the download section

2014 Carolinas Balloon Association Safety Seminar and LTA Pilot Ground School You are invited to attend the 24th annual Carolinas Balloon Association Safety Seminar and LTA Pilot Ground School to be held in Statesville, NC. The dates for this event are February 22nd - February 23rd, 2014. In accordance with the BFA’s Continuing Education Safety Seminar Guidelines, the committee is presenting a one day agenda presented by a professional group of expert and knowledgeable speakers. Presenters will include Sam Parks on ‘Accident Investigation and Analysis’, Bert Padelt discussing ‘Repair and Maintenance’, Roger Clark will give us insights on ‘Weather' and 'FAR's, Randy Lee will do a presentation on ‘Aeronautical Decision Making’, Buddy Carter will present a session on ‘Ground and Crew Safety’. Additional segments will be announced shortly. Please check the CBA website, http://www.carolinas...association.com We will also be featuring Roger Clark's LTA Pilot Ground School covering both private and commercial ground school topics. Test books, plotters, sectionals, weather books and a CD of FAA documents will be provided to accompany the class. The ground schoool cost is $150.00 The Safety Seminar Committee is pleased to announce that Mitchell Community College in Statesville, NC has graciously provided their facilities to host the safety seminar and ground school. Hotel accomodations for the seminar and ground school attendees will be provided by the Comfort Suites in Statesville, NC. The hotel is located within a short 10 minute drive to the college. Attendees will receive a reduced room rate of $75. You can make your reservation by calling (704) 873-2044. Please indicate that you are attending the balloon seminar and ground school to receive this special rate. Please book your rooms by February 14th, 2014. We look forward to your participation and attendance at the 2014 CBA Safety Seminar and Ground School. Please remember to extend this invitation to your students and crew as well. Cost for the safety seminar for pilots will be $40.00 and crew members will be $20.00. If you are attending the LTA Pilot Ground School the safety seminar fees will be waived. Application forms are available on the CBA web site – http://www.carolinas...association.com See you at the Safety Seminar.

Please join us for the 2014 Sioux Falls Hot Air Ballooning Continuing Education Safety Seminar > When? Saturday February 22nd, 2014 > Registration 0730, First Speaker 0800, Done by 1700 > Where? South Dakota Achieve Conference Center, > 4100 S Western Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57105 > Located on the east side of Western Ave, just north of > I-229 Why? We are again partnering with South Dakota Achieve for this BFA sanctioned Seminar. > > Our topics will include: > · Role of Crew by Mark West/Tom Sharpee · Aeronautical Decision Making > by Larry Konash – IMC Insurance · Accident Analysis by Duane Waack · > FSDO Overview and Concerns by Steve Hoogerhyde - FAA · When Forecasts > Go Wrong by Brad Temeyer - NWS · Managing Risk by Kay West · Power > Line Safety by Terry Ebright – Sioux Valley Energy Terry will have an > impressive demonstration for us – see: > > > Why are we talking about Diving by Doug Brockhouse – Minnehaha Co SAR > > Cost? $50 for Pilots & $20 for crew/family members > > Registrations must be received before February 15th > > Lunch, Snacks, Coffee & Soda are provided for those who register > before February 15th > > Send Cash or Checks (make checks to South Dakota Achieve) > > Additional Donations to SD Achieve are welcomed (Tax Deductable > Donations) > > How? Email the completed registration form (below) and send with payment to: > Dave Christensen > 7405 E. Mystic Drive > Sioux Falls, SD 57110 > dchristensen@airpost.net > (605)221-5715 > > Thanks to our 2013 volunteers and attendees, we were able to donate > over $1150 to South Dakota Achieve to support community involvement activities for adult with disabilities. > Please consider joining us on February 22nd. > > 2014 Sioux Falls Safety Seminar Registration Form > > First Name __________________________________________ > > Last Name __________________________________________ > > Street Address __________________________________________ > > Address Line 2__________________________________________ > > City__________________________________________ > > State__________________________________________ > > Zip__________________________________________ > > Email__________________________________________ > > Phone__________________________________________ > > BFA Number__________________________________________ > > Pilot Certificate Number__________________________________________ > > Designation (Commercial, Private, Student) > __________________________________________ > > Insurance Company__________________________________________ > > Family/Crew Name__________________________________________ > > Family/Crew Name__________________________________________ > > Family/Crew Name__________________________________________ > > Family/Crew Name__________________________________________ > > Family/Crew Name__________________________________________ > > Pilot Fee X $50 =_____________________________ _ > > Family/Crew Fee X $20 =________________________ > > Additional for SD Achieve________________________ > > TOTAL _________________ > > Comments, Questions or > Special Food Considerations__________________________________________ > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Jeanne Anson, BFA Coordinator for Sioux Falls Continuing Education > Seminar > _______________________________________________ Balloonmail mailing list Balloonmail@interaeroleague.com http://two.pairlist....nfo/balloonmail

GAA (Gateway Aerostatic Association) 34th ANNUAL Balloon Federation of America (BFA) Sanctioned - CONTINUING EDUCATION (Safety) SEMINAR SATURDAY - FEBRUARY 22, 2014 LOCATION: St. Luke’s United Methodist Church 2761 Telegraph Rd (North of Hwy 255, west of Mississippi River about 1 mile) St. Louis, MO 63128 314-892-6077 Web site: http://www.stlukesumcmo.org/ also has a map DATE/TIME: February 22nd -Saturday 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Registration starts at 6:30 a.m.) SPEAKERS: Ken Walter, Dean Carlton, Ryan Carlton, Adam Magee, Scott Wooge, Phil Dixon, & Jon Carney. Plus 1 hour of ground crew safety training. MEALS: Continental Breakfast & Lunch included (contact Scott for special meal needs) FEE: $70.00 Pilots / $30.00 Crew (Both include yearly GAA Club dues) (Walk in’s will be accepted, but cash only) Local GAA Club info is at: www.gaaballoons.com MAIL Application & Check To: Gateway Aerostatic Association (GAA) Attn: Scott Wooge 3609 Summer Brook Court St. Louis, MO 63129-2300 Direct Questions to Seminar Chairperson: Roy Caton 314-308-4829 or roycaton49@gmail.com WELCOME SOCIAL & GAA CLUB ANNUAL MEETING: for Early arrivals, local people & anyone else! (~5:30pm-9pm) – The GAA will host a SOCIAL Time starting at 5:30pm & a Club Election of Officers meeting at 7pm on Friday night 02/21 @ LTA Services, LLC (Repair Station) - 6117 Baumgartner Crossing, STL, MO 63129. Join us for ballooning fellowship, food, and good times the night before the seminar. Here is a link to download the application. Click HERE

2014 Carolinas Balloon Association Safety Seminar and LTA Pilot Ground School You are invited to attend the 24th annual Carolinas Balloon Association Safety Seminar and LTA Pilot Ground School to be held in Statesville, NC. The dates for this event are February 22nd - February 23rd, 2014. In accordance with the BFA’s Continuing Education Safety Seminar Guidelines, the committee is presenting a one day agenda presented by a professional group of expert and knowledgeable speakers. Presenters will include Sam Parks on ‘Accident Investigation and Analysis’, Bert Padelt discussing ‘Repair and Maintenance’, Roger Clark will give us insights on ‘Weather' and 'FAR's, Randy Lee will do a presentation on ‘Aeronautical Decision Making’, Buddy Carter will present a session on ‘Ground and Crew Safety’. Additional segments will be announced shortly. Please check the CBA website, http://www.carolinas...association.com We will also be featuring Roger Clark's LTA Pilot Ground School covering both private and commercial ground school topics. Test books, plotters, sectionals, weather books and a CD of FAA documents will be provided to accompany the class. The ground schoool cost is $150.00 The Safety Seminar Committee is pleased to announce that Mitchell Community College in Statesville, NC has graciously provided their facilities to host the safety seminar and ground school. Hotel accomodations for the seminar and ground school attendees will be provided by the Comfort Suites in Statesville, NC. The hotel is located within a short 10 minute drive to the college. Attendees will receive a reduced room rate of $75. You can make your reservation by calling (704) 873-2044. Please indicate that you are attending the balloon seminar and ground school to receive this special rate. Please book your rooms by February 14th, 2014. We look forward to your participation and attendance at the 2014 CBA Safety Seminar and Ground School. Please remember to extend this invitation to your students and crew as well. Cost for the safety seminar for pilots will be $40.00 and crew members will be $20.00. If you are attending the LTA Pilot Ground School the safety seminar fees will be waived. Application forms are available on the CBA web site – http://www.carolinas...association.com See you at the Safety Seminar.

2014 Continuing Education Conference (Safety Seminar) Registration Central Texas Ballooning Association & Lone Star Hot Air Balloon Association Registration Form Saturday, February 15, 2014 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM LCRA Building 3601 Lake Austin Blvd Austin, Texas Questions? ctba84@gmail.com 512-481-2822 centraltexasballooning.org * Required Presenters Weather-Gordon Schwontkowski, Aeronautical Decision Making-Gordon Schwontkowski, Accident Review & Prevention-Gordon Schwontkowski, Ground Crew Safety-AAA video & discussion, Propane Safety-the Nick Stanko, FAR Review-Kay Morgan, Incident Site Management-Phil Bryant, Landowner Relations/Texas Trespass-Gary Sertich

"The Accidental Accident. What to Do" The seminar will be held Saturday, February 15, 2014. Registration and check-in begins at 7:30AM and the seminar ends at 5:15 PM. The seminar will be held at: Clark County REMC 7810 State Road 60 Sellersburg, Indiana 47172 This agenda and topics for the seminar are: Weather, from the TV to the flight FARs and Airspace, What I did and what should I have done Pilot Decision Making, Make the Decision Emergency Procedures Lunch - The Parklands update Live Power Line Demonstration & Power line strike information Emergency First Aid Accidents and your insurance Maintenance BFA Accreditation pending Cost of the seminar $40 for pilots and $20 for crew, and this includes lunch and snacks Please email Scott McClinton at skycabalon@aol.com if you would like to attend and send your registration fee and sign-up form to: BSOK P.O. box 7661 Louisville, KY 40257-0661 Scott McClinton SkyCab Balloon Promotions, Inc. 4900 Olde Creek Way Prospect, KY 40059 (502) 228-8955 office (502) 267-5004 fax (502) 445-5271 mobile www.SkyCabBalloons.com skycabalon@aol.com Download your application in the Safety Seminar section of the download center or just click here

Balloons Over Iowa Ground School Have you ever considered becoming a hot air balloon pilot? Here is your chance to see what it takes – you’ll learn the best from the best Just ONE weekend of classes (February 14-16, 2014) All books and materials furnished Exceptionally qualified instructors will guide you in passing the pilots written exam Excellent opportunity to meet qualified flight instructors and learn about hot air ballooning in a unique, up-close, hands-on environment Balloons Over Iowa Ground School is an excellent opportunity for current pilots to obtain their balloon insurance discount! For more information or to register, please contact: Linda Bartholomew (515) 989-3708 Carol Harris (515) 221-3193 (evenings only) Donna Rieck (515) 255-5283 Email: balloonsoveriowaltd@gmail.com Fees: $195 Early Bird Registration (prior to January 1, 2014) $205 January 1-31 $215 Late Registration (after January 31) Don’t miss this great opportunity!

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When you first come on the site you find it a little overwhelming! We have tried real hard to structure the navigation to make it as easy as we can. That Said, there is just so much stuff on this site however, there are ways of cleaning up the clutter. First did you know you can open and close each category! Each Category is represented bya Brown Category Bar. This bar goes across the page. Over on the right hand side of that bar is a small up and down arrow. Click on that Arrow to open or fold up that entire category! See this photo. Next is the Follow This feature. ON almost every Topic, Post, Reply, Photo Gallery & Calendar Event there is a "Follow This" button. When you select the Follow option you will get an email anytime someone posts a topic or makes a reply in that forum or that item. There is also a small number next to the Follow button that shows you the number of other members that are also following that item. A fantastic use for this would be if you were looking at a balloon for sale and the price was too high you could select follow this item and when something is changed you are notified or if someone else asks a question about that piece of equipment you hear about it too! This is a very handy feature to our site. All new members are automatically signed up to follow the HAB Walkie Talkie. This forum works exactly how it sounds. Someone posts a topic and everyone gets an email. Like everyone being on the same radio frequency at the same time! Bread Crumb Trails. Just like the storybook fable our site has bread crumb trails. At the top of the page just under the main navigation bar are links of where you have been. You can click on any of those links and jump back to a previous page you were on. Handy when searching many different topics in one or more categories or sub-categories. Search Bar. Our search system is real good. It allows you to search separate areas of the site or the whole site. Search for whole strings of words or separate words. Up at the top of every page you will find the search bar. Give it a try when you are looking for something specific. So as you can see we have tried to create a site where you can find just about anything you could want to know about and still keep it relatively easy to navigate. Keep in mind that when you have this much information in one spot it can still be a challenge even with the best of organization.

There are many times when you want to use a photo or logo over and over. For example when you create a signature or when creating replys or new topics. There is a button here in the editor called "My Media" When you click this button it will take you to a access manager where you can select any file or photo or logo you have uploaded and with one click insert it into any post. BUT you have to have uploaded the files first. Sometimes you want to upload something that is for your use only! This is when you want to have a private gallery. A private gallery allows you to have access to any photo or logo you want without giving others access to it. This is handy when you are creating your own signature line for your posts. This tutorial shows you how to create your own private gallery. http://hotairballoonist.com/forum/index.php?/files/file/57-%7B?%7D/

Most of the memberships here on HotAirBalloonist.com are monthly. There are also files for sale in the download section of the site as well as items in the store you may wish to purchase. There are also donation drives going on from time to time as well as gift vouchers you can purchase and give to others. As you can see there are many things you may need to use a credit card for here on the site. Rather than having to type in your card number over and over you can just place one on file here on the site.

Starting a new topic is easy to do. Log in and go to the category or forum you want to create a new topic in. If you are allowed to start a topic in that area of the site you will see a brown button at the top right and bottom right hand side of the forum. The brown button will say START NEW TOPIC. If you are not allowed to start a topic in that category or forum the button will be an off white color and say you can not start a topic or you must log in to start a topic. http://hotairballoonist.com/forum/index.php?/files/file/41-%7B?%7D/

THAT'S RIGHT!!! This site has so much more than just what a guest can see. If you are not a member there is about 25% of this site you are not even seeing. There are entire forums and entire calendars and sections of the site you don't even know exist!. WE have many areas of the site you must be logged in to even SEE. There are also another 25% of the site you can see but can not use unless you are a member and logged in. Tired of seeing this screen. Become a member and then you can begin to USE the site to its fullest. Start topics about your ballooning. Share stories with others. Most of all pass on your experience and wisdom to others. Click here to be taken to the topic that explains many of the things this site can do! And Remember if you need any help we are online most of the day and available to help. Send us an email and we promise we will jump right on it!