A report from Bill about our 2017 Kites and Flights event: 2017 turned out to be one of the best NCBC Kites and Flights events in many years. The weather turned out to be the best, 8 balloons with their crews came out to fly. Friday night several balloons were
Read moreOn Saturday April 22, 2017 from 10:30AM to 1:30PM, The NCBC will be holding their Pilot Recurrent Training Seminar. This training seminar has been approved by Transport Canada to satisfy recency requirements as outlined in Part IV, Standard 421.05 (2)(c) of the CARs. Location is at the Cyrville Community Centre (now renamed the Pat Clark Community Centre)
Read moreThe purpose of this notice is to announce the calling of our 2017 Annual General Meeting (AGM) open to all active and potential NCBC members and family. The meeting details are as follows: Date: Tuesday January 24, 2017 Supper: 6:00pm Annual General Meeting starts at: 7:00pm Location: Louie’s Steak House
Read moreFor those of you wondering about our friend Sandra, here’s a video of her story so far… And a message from Bill: The last few weeks have been extremely busy. I am sure most of you saw the article about Sandra and her progress. The article was generated by the
Read moreHere is a Post Kites and Flights report from our friend Bill: Rain, Rain, Rain… to put it bluntly. The rain started on Thursday and it never stopped till Sunday morning. In true balloonist spirit, they started to show up before sunrise. We all new the weather would keep us
Read moreHello NCBC members and past members. The purpose of this notice is to announce the calling of our 2016 Annual General Meeting (AGM) open to all active and potential NCBC members and family. The meeting details are as follows: Date: Tuesday May 17, 2016 Supper: 6:00pm Annual General Meeting starts
Read moreHere’s a write up from Bill: This past weekend proved to be a good one. It all started Friday when Balloon friends started to show up early. Weather watchers tend to do that. The High pressure system that came in did not want to be wasted. 6 balloons took to
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After 2 long years of planning, 6 long months of sewing and 3 months of test-flying, the Alien Rocket Special Shape Hot Air Balloon has finally completed its 10 hours of test flying and is ready to travel the world! Follow all its adventures on its very own Facebook
Read moreWe will be holding our annual Kites and Flights event this weekend. Our pot luck supper is set for Oct 24th, it’s a Saturday.. Rain or Shine Our kite friends are also invited, so we can have some flying during the middle of the day. The schedule is like this:
Read moreWe will be flying a bunch of Special Shape Hot Air Balloon Rodeo on the weekend of July 18 and 19, 2015, weather permitting. We will have 2 Brand New Special hapes that were completed this year, and we should have a total of 8 Special Shapes attending including the following:
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