I have been a member for a while and just now getting a new ballooning website up and going. There is a spot to submit add for balloon stuff for sale for free....
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Hello all! I'm new to this group and have some questions for pilots and crew.... I'm looking to start a new weather consulting business to balloon pilots and...
Does anyone ever visit this group anymore? :-( Nobody has posted in 3 or 4 months. Well, I'll try to drum up some conversation. I bought an Aerostar 105 over...
Areostars are GREAT.. Spring tops are fine, only problem I have ever had with them is putting them in the cold, if the springs snap on your fingers, they ...
Yes, I still have the S53-A. I have no intention of getting rid of my first balloon. There are several pictures of it in the "Yellow Brick Road" folder in...
Hi! I love hot air ballooning, but just an enthusiast. I was trying to get licensed, but, the guy that was teaching me, quit on me then sold his balloon. I...
Hi, Rena Sure. When it warms up you should come down. We can always use crew. A lot of the pilots around here fly from Lebanon/Warren County Airport. Any...
Hi Kevin I own an Aerostar 54K too Its a fine little balloon with a parachute top. No experience with a spring top but it sounds like they are difficult to set...
I have a couple of Aurora's Love them. Spring Tops are not bad, except in the winter when cold. They have the advantage of being able to fully rip out when...
HI, yes we still connected .... I am Oivier , belgian photographer ... living in ecuador .... want learn Flying and buy my First used Balloon ... Here i will...
I crew for a 20+ year old Raven that has a spring top (105 CF). Well, half the top is spring and half is velcro. My understanding from the pilot is that once...
Hey Kevin, have any pictures of the new 105 anywhere? Did you buy it from someone locally? Finally got my 90 back from Brian in January. Also, I passed my...
Tried to reply in my email and it didn't seem to work... anyway Hey Kevin, when did you purchase the 105? Are there any pictures of it around by chance? I...
... would consider a sprint top. Yes, but the fastest of them all is the Adams "pop-top". My recollection is it took about 5 or 6 seconds or so from pull to...
Hey, Fred Congrats on your written. Count me out for crewing during these cold weeks. I got the 105 from Paul Stumpf's site. 93 hours and I really liked the...
I fly all winter. I actually prefer winter flying.. I really like flying when there is snow on the ground, but in my part of the country (New Jersey) we don't...
Hey, Keith I think I met you at Kevin Poeppelman's place last year. I was picking up that Classic Ltd. lower end and you were getting all kinds of other stuff....
Hi, Ron Do you have pictures of your balloon on the site? Mine are in the folder called Yellow Brick Road. It's the last folder in the photos section. I'd...
Yes, that was me at Poeppelman's.. Glad you realized the connection. If you like that type of flying, come up to Letchworth in upstate New York on Memorial...
Wow, that looks awesome. I'd love to attend that sometime. This year we're already scheduled to go to Decatur for the Alabama Jubilee on Memorial Day...
Thats what I have! I got a 1979 Adams pop-top, and I love it! I've only flown once this winter that was Dec. 26th back up north in South Bend Indiana. It's...
... Hey, Paul: I couldn't view the video, 'cause I'm not on Facebook (too old, too uncool - still a Myspace dinosaur). ;^) Is there any other way to view ...
Ahh, Alabama Jubilee. Our balloon team attended that every year until they moved Freedom Weekend Aloft in SC to the same weekend. Lots of great flights &...
I have been crewing for about 25 years. For the last couple years we have a 90 with springs. First in 25 years for me. The only thing is it takes a little...
I just wanted to let everyone know about a new event starting up in Anderson Ind. It will be the first week end of August each year starting 2008. We are...
Dear Balloonists, The Open Brasil de Balonismo is an international hot air balloon championship and will happen this year from 25th to 29th June near Sao...