We 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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Owl Balloon is completed
Bri’s Owl balloon was completed last month. We were waiting for good weather to inflate it for the first time. You can see the trees don’t have leaves yet, as it’s been a long winter here in Canada. Looks good – it’ll be ready to fly this summer!
Read more2015 NCBC Safety Seminar
The 2015 NCBC Safety Seminar will be held at the Cyrville Community Centre in the “Paint Room”. 4355 Halmont Ottawa, ON, K1J 8W6 April 11th, 2015 – from 9am to 12pm The seminar is for pilots – but anyone is welcome to attend, as long as they are members. Anyone can
Read moreNew AX-04 Female Duration Record
After a change in weather, a change in plan ensued. Instead of an AX-03 distance attempt, Sandra went for an AX-04 duration attempt. If ratified by the FAI, this will be Sandra’s 3rd World Record. Sandra flew her tiny AX-04 Hot Air Balloon for seven hours and 25 minutes yesterday, exceeding
Read moreAX-03 World Record Attempt – in the news
Here is an article in the Ottawa Citizen that talks about the AX-03 record attempt: http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/qa-bill-whelan-lives-breathes-and-sleeps-hot-air-ballooning And here is the press release the club has sent out to various news outlets: MEDIA RELEASE Aviation World Record Attempt Ballooning World Record, Subclass AX-03 (Hot Air Balloons from 400 to 600 cubic
Read more2015 AGM
Hello NCBC members and past members. The purpose of this notice is to announce the calling of our 2015 Annual General Meeting (AGM) open to all active and potential NCBC members and family. The meeting details are as follows: Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 Supper: 6:00pm Meeting starts at: 7:00pm
Read moreNew Special Shape for 2015
A new special shape will be taking form over the next few months. Exactly what shape it will be is a secret for now, but as you can probably tell from the picture below – it will be black and green in color. Keep checking the website for updates! Alain
Read moreEye of the Owl
Dale climbed a ladder to take a picture of the Owl Hot Air Balloon that is being built for/by Brie. This Picture is of one half of the left eye. The eye is 15 feet across and the iris is 10 feet wide. The little white circle in the eye is the
Read moreVankleek Hill Santa Parade
Here’s a video of the Hot Air Balloon Basket Float! “We had 6 baskets with 10 Burners running a great crowd pleaser.”
Read moreVankleek Hill Santa Clause Parade – Dec 5th
Here is a message from Bill: The Santa Clause parade of lights is set for Vankleek Hill this coming Dec 5th. All those wishing to attend and participate please call Bill.More volunteers are needed, even non-club members….Thanks to allPS we made the inside cover of the Riview winter events Catalog.Hope to
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