Balloon Travels Unlimited

04/10/2024

It won't be long now. With warmer weather we're keeping an eye on the skies to see when we will get in the air again.

10/22/2023

Great flight this morning in Caledonia, MN. One of my favorite fall flights ever.

09/14/2023

Fun flight with Randy and Wendy tonight

09/10/2023

A couple of snaps from last night's flight

08/29/2023

Great flight with some new crew and some regulars too!

08/16/2023

Great flight last night.

07/31/2023

Another fun evening with our fantastic crew

07/24/2023

A few snaps from our brief flight tonight.

07/20/2023

A quick couple of shots of our passengers tonight.

07/19/2023

My passengers and I tonight! Great night for a flight!

07/01/2023

Was great to get in the air tonight now that we have clear skies and no smoke. Rebecca and Alex enjoyed their ride too!

10/09/2022

No flight tonight, 10/9. Too windy.

10/09/2022

Hey crew, the pilot's phone is on the fritz so you may get a notification about tonights flight from Peter or Shelley's phone. Call the home phone between now and then. Probably flying in Iowa City if we fly. Meeting there around 4:30 if we go.

10/07/2022

300 drones created this display at the Albuquerque Balloon Festival. https://www.facebook.com/20435490078/posts/10158624204685079/?sfnsn=mo

Balloon Fiesta organizers went all out to celebrate the golden anniversary of the largest hot air balloon event in the world — by bringing in hundreds of drones.

10/06/2022

As we wrap up regular season flying, we are looking for crew for the afternoons of 10/9, 10/16, 10/19, 10/26. Who is available? Meeting as early as 3:30pm by the end of October.

09/19/2022

Happy anniversary of the birth of ballooning!

On 19 September 1783, the Montgolfières brothers’ balloon Aerostat Réveillon was flown with the first (non-human) living creatures in a basket attached to the balloon: a sheep called Montauciel ("Climb-to-the-sky"), a duck and a rooster. The sheep was believed to have a reasonable approximation of human physiology. The duck was expected to be unharmed by being lifted aloft. It was included as a control for effects created by the aircraft rather than the altitude. The rooster was included as a further control as it was a bird that did not fly at high altitudes. This demonstration was performed before a crowd at the royal palace in Versailles, before King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette. The flight lasted approximately eight minutes, covered two miles (3 km), and obtained an altitude of about 1,500 feet (460 m). The craft landed safely after flying. (from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ballooning)

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09/12/2022

Looking for crew for 9/13PM (just added!) and 9/14PM. Meeting around 5pm.

09/08/2022

A few more photos from our friend Susan Stamats

09/08/2022

Great fun on a Wednesday evening!

09/07/2022

Some quick snaps from tonight's flight.

09/07/2022

A lovely photo of tonight's flight, by our friend at Chris Sherman Photography (please feel free to share from his page).

It was a two balloon evening tonight.

09/06/2022

Looking for crew for 9/7pm, 9/10am, 9/10pm, 9/11am and 9/11pm. Also, we have a balloon demo in CR at 1pm on 9/7 - who can help?

09/01/2022

A couple of snaps from last nights flight.

08/31/2022

We have unexpected openings for tonight and 9/1...anyone want to fly? Message for rates, up to 4 openings available. Meet 5:30pm

08/28/2022

Some more photos from last night from my friend Susan Stamats.

08/27/2022

Photos from tonight

08/23/2022

Looking for crew tonight (8/23), and each evening this week. Morning and evening this coming weekend. Let us know.

08/23/2022

Nice little flight over UI tonight.

08/22/2022

The crew hard at work and a nice phoro of our passengers

08/22/2022

Some snaps of the crew at tonight's landing.