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- Richard Heene, father of the 'Balloon Boy', transferred to alternate institution - Gather.com
- Be full of hot air this Valentines (News Mail)
- Up we go into the wild blue yonder (BusinessWorld Online)
- Be full of hot air this Valentines - Bundaberg NewsMail
- Up we go into the wild blue yonder - BusinessWorld Online
- WRESTLING: Robbinsville pins Hopewell Valley to the mat (Pennington Post)
- States try to tax more services as coffers deflate (Greater Baton Rouge Business Report)
- Airport board, pilots plan Redlands air show - San Bernardino Sun
- Airport board, pilots plan Redlands air show (San Bernardino Sun)
- States Try to Tax More Services as Coffers Deflate - Wall Street Journal
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Contest: Design a Window for the National Balloon Museum
The National Balloon Museum in Indianola, Iowa needs our help to: 1) replace damaged windows and 2) design stained glass windows for the Museum. To accomplish this a new contest has been announced. For...
2011 Convention Committee Confirms Date
April 7-10, 2011 is the confirmed date of the BFA Convention in Des Moines, Iowa.
BFA Board Drops Ride Operator Guidelines; Continue's Passenger Safety Efforts
Greetings members, on January 20th the Balloon Federation of America held its scheduled teleconference. Among the many items on the agenda were the proposed ride operator guidelines....
Click Here to Register for the 2010 BFA Online Safety Seminar
The Balloon Federation of America, in conjunction with the FAA Production Studios and the FAAST Program, is proud to announce the 2010 On Line Safety Seminar. It is scheduled for February 6, 2010 and...
2010 BFA On Line Safety Seminar Update
Greetings BFA members and attendees. The upcoming 3rd Annual On Line Safety Seminar is only a few weeks away and I would like to give you a brief update. We have some great presenters...
2009 National Ranking Final
The 2009 National Ranking is FINAL. A special THANK YOU to Curves International for their continued support of BFA and HACD! Checks will be processed within the next couple of weeks. Please don't hesitate...
$25 Membership Expanded!
Pilots, Crew & Officials, $25 Memberships Expanded! In an effort to reach out not only to Rookies, the HACD Board has expanded the $25 Pilot Memberships. If you have not been a member of the HACD...
2010 World Hot Air Balloon Championship
The 19th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship will be in Debrecen, Hungary October 2-10, 2010 (www.deballoons.com). United States representatives are selected based on individual finishes from both...
Current Board of Directors
OFFICERS Paul Petrehn Chairman/Great Lakes Regional Director 1115 Rial Lake Dr. Howell, MI 48843 517-294-3995 (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio,Wisconsin) Sam Parks...
HACD Board Update
On October 26th, the HACD Board accepted the resignation of Barb Davis as both Chief Observer and Secretary. The entire HACD Board would like to thank Barb for her professional voluntarism of many years...
2009 Gordon Bennett -Female Duration Record
2009 Gordon Bennett News! 08.09.2009 11:56 (tuesday): New Female World Record with 60:48h?! British pilot Janet Folkes is about to break the World Record for Women this very minute. The...
2009 Gordon Bennett Race
The 2009 Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race The official Gordon Bennett URL is: http://www.geneva.gordon-bennett.ch/ Here's an alternate one that is supposed to be only for pilots and...
2008 FAI Coupe Aeronatique Gordon Bennett Rules - Class AA
2008 Coupe Aeronatique Gordon Bennett Rules - Class AA
2007 BFA Gas Division Competition Rules
2007 Gas Division Competition PDF Document - Adopted April 2007
AA-6 Record Attempt Jan. 27-28, 2007
Andy Cayton's AA -6 World Record Gas Balloon Flight is ready to begin: An attempt to break world distance AA-6 gas balloon record is projected for a launch this Sunday Jan. 28, 2007 from California....
Calendar of Events
The BFA website has a Calendar of Events. Organized by type of event and then by date. To see all the events in a category click on Show Events next to the picture for that category. For Balloon Festivals...
Fiesta Sees Flying Start, Gas Launches Tonight
Chamber of Commerce weather blessed Albuquerque, New Mexico this morning (Saturday, October 3, 2009) and the 38th edition of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta used the good weather to get off...
Convention Archives 2008
The series of links will allow you access to the materials and documents that were created for the 2008 BFA National Convention in Louisville, KY. Unbridled Flight Convention Manual Pages...
Group Tours and Local Sightseeing Information
BFA Social Activities
Texas 2009 Youth Summer Camp Wrap-up
We would like to thank BFA member Tom Jones and his family for organizing the Michigan Hot Air Balloon Summer Camp that is going on this week. Barb Jones tells me that all is well and we look for a full...
Summer Camp 2009
Hello All! I am so pleased to announce the dates for the 2009 BFA HOT AIR BALLOON CAMPS! Texas will again host a camp on the Tyler Junior College campus in Tyler, Texas from July 12 through 16. Plus,...
MacPherson Memorial
Balloon Family, I am so pleased to announce that friends and family of Earl MacPherson, in honor of his committment to our sport, have established the Earl MacPherson Memorial to...
Ben Franklin's Letter & the "Dream of Flight"
Interesting links to the Library of Congress Special section on the "Dream of Flight" http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/wb-object.html Ballooning Firsts Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)...
A Message from Polly Propane
And heeeeerrrre she is!! Let me introduce myself . . .I'm "Polly Propane" aka Joan McArdle-Nering . . .your new BFA Junior Balloonist section editor. This is going to be so much...
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