Pilot Membership

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A Hot Air Balloonist Pilot Membership.

The Hot Air Balloonist Pilot Membership is a great value.  The permissions you receive will allow you to post topics and replies in most areas of the site.  You may need to read this twice to fully understand all the things you can do.  At only $4 a month or a one time yearly fee of $45 you can be connected and participate with pilots around the country. Here is a list of what you can do.

 

• Customize your personal space.  Ad your logo or photos so everyone knows who you are.  Set your local time so postings will have a real time stamp on them.  Add information on the different ways other members can contact you outside the HotAirBalloonist.com site.  Add Age and gender and birth dates if you wish. Set background photos or custom colors for your personal area. Create a friends list.  Customize your space anyway you want.
• Full use of the Download Center.  As Pilot Member, you have full use of the download center. Download applications to event, Insurance Forms, FAA Forms, and many other items instantly available to you with a click of a mouse.  You can also upload any forms you want available for others.  The download center can be a very useful tool that allows all your forms to be downloaded by the user who needs those files.  No more emailing attachments.  Just send them a note with instructions of where to go! 
• Create your custom Signature.  This will be posted at the end of any topic you start or on any reply you make to another topic.  It will identify for everyone that YOU are the one making the comments.
• Create a photo gallery all about your Event.  Link your photo gallery to your Balloon event topic in the events category!  Add descriptions of the photos about where and when they were taken. 
• Create a blog about your ballooning or favorite event!  Our Blog center is quite complex and will allow you to be quite creative in sharing your adventures and event.
• Use the Online Chat Room.  Stop in and see who is there.  Join or start a conversation with other balloon enthusiasts.
• Write an article about any aspect of ballooning.  Share your past experiences with others.  Help explain something you have experienced firsthand.  Write a short story about one of your balloon adventures.  The Current Events page is the perfect place to share stories with the entire balloon world.  You can also find current balloon events that hit the headlines in the Ballooning in the Headlines section of the Current Events page.
• Stick a pin in the Member Map.  The Member Map is a Google powered map with pins from members all over the country.  Have a look around and see where other pilots and events are around the country. 
• Browse the Equipment 4Sale category.  Look for things you may need.  Respond to topics started by others and ask any questions you would like from those who have equipment for sale.
• Start a poll in the Polling forum.  Have a question that you want honest answers.  Go to the Polling Forum on the topics page and start a topic about your question.  Add a poll to your topic for others to choose any of multiple answers you have given.  See the results in a real time format and get an honest opinion since the voting is done anonymously.
• Check on current news on the Current Events page.  See new articles written by other balloonists and see what news is in the headlines from all over the world with our continuous news feed called In the Headlines.
• Have a look around the online BALLOON STORE.  Find items you may not find elsewhere. 
• Load a link to your favorite online balloon video in our Media section on the Current Events page.
• Have a look at the member page to see if your friends are also members and interact with them by sending them a note or an email.
• Look on the calendar and find upcoming balloon events, festivals, safety seminars and many other things listed on several calendars available on the site.
• Interact with any of the dozens and dozens of categories on the topics page.  Help answer a question from a student pilot in the Student Lounge. Voice your opinion on a wide range of topics or start a new one you thing needs to be discussed.  

As you can see there are some amazing things available with a Pilot Membership.  A bargain price for a site you can find everything you want in one place.  Become a Pilot member today.

This really is an amazing site with so much potential the pricing to become a member is honestly extremely cheap to have all of functionality and resources in one location.  Become a member NOW!  You will be glad you did.  Our support is fantastic.  If you have troubles you can get answers most often in minutes.