Brie has been busy working on her new Owl Balloon.All the Fabric has been cut. A process that took 2 days, and all the panels are now waiting to be assembled.Here we see 2 gores assembled, the white circle making one eye, waiting for the Iris to be installed, after the long
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Kites and (Hot Air Balloon) Flights 2014
Reserve the date! October 25th, 2014. Wild Bill will be hosting our annual pot-luck and flying day/weekend. Bring your Balloons! Bring your Kites! Bring your family! Bring your crew! Bring a dish for the potluck too! Come fly the Ontario farmland – where there are very few power lines and at
Read moreFirst Flight for 2 Balloons
Dave’s new “Apple PI” Special Shape Hot Air Balloon (in the shape of an Apple) and Bill’s YuYu the Blue Penguin Hot Air Balloon both had their maiden flights tonight.Both balloons look fantastic as they lifted off from the Jaring farm in eastern Ontario.With light winds and lots of fuel they hope
Read moreTonight: Flying the Mini Balloon for Breast Cancer awareness
The High school in Casselman is having a breast Cancer awareness walk tonight, Thursday May 29th, 2014. Here’s a message from Bill: “Students are walking all night to raise money for breast Cancer. I volunteered the NCBC Mini Basket and my breast Cancer Mini Balloon.We are meeting for approx 6:00PM with flying
Read moreHot Air Balloon Passenger Guide
After a year of collaboration between Transport Canada and the Canadian Balloon Association, a Hot Air Balloon Passenger Guide has been produced. The document is hosted on the Transport Canada website: Hot Air Balloons – A Passenger’s Guide [pdf] Montgolfières – Guide du passager [pdf]
Read moreSpring is finally here
This Victoria day long weekend saw the completion of this winter’s 2 project balloons and the first hot inflation for one of the 2 balloons constructed over the winter. The registration marks for these 2 balloons came in as C-GYTK and C-GYUU, so during construction, C-GYTK became known as Tiki, and C-GYUU
Read moreAX-03 World Record ratified by the FAI
Sandra’s AX-3 Duration World Record has been ratified by the FAI Congratulations to Sandra and all involved! FAI has ratified the following Class A (Free balloons) World record: ================================================ Claim number : 17055Size category :AX-03 (Hot-air balloons: 400 to 600 m³) Category: Female Type of record : Duration Course/location : Crysler,
Read moreTiki: 1st Inflation
Club Members have been busy building more balloons this winter. Here are some first inflation pictures of “Tiki” the fish balloon. It was completed a while ago, but needed good weather for an inflation.
Read moreAX-3 World Record
We just got news that Sandra has flown the AX-3 on Sunday Feb 9th, 2014, for 4 hours 19 minutes duration, which sets a new World record in the AX-3 size! Here’s the tracklog.
Read moreNew AX-3 Canadian Record(s)!
10 years ago, a tiny AX-1 hot air balloon envelope, named High Lighter, was built by Bill. A report of a couple of test-flights exists in one of the back-issues of The Crownlines…. The balloon hasn’t come out of the bag in many years… but we have never forgotten about
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