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Flying Event for September is Sunday

Sep 4, 2023 Crew Development, Flying Events, Latest Items

It’s the last Flying Event before Balloon Fiesta and we’ll be at Balloon Fiesta Park for this month’s event. With horses, zebras, and a few

August Update

Aug 17, 2023 Crew Development, Flying Events, General Club Business, Special Events

Scores from our August Flying Events and Crew Games are live on the website. And HAPPY HOUR RETURNS! 5-8 pm at Brew Lab 101

July Scores Posted

Jul 9, 2023 Crew Development, Flying Events

Scores are posted for the 3rd Annual Cornhole Tournament and Flying Events, although no one but the hare balloon, and the scoring team actually made

July is Flying, Picnic, Ice Cream, and Cornhole

Jul 5, 2023 Crew Development, Flying Events, Special Events

That’s right! The July Flying Event is jammed packed with other activities. The annual picnic has been combined with the ice cream social. And

June Meeting Reminder

Jun 25, 2023 Cloudbouncer, Crew Development, Flying Events, General Club Business, Special Events

The June meeting is Tuesday, June, 27. 6 pm Social hour, 6:30 pm meeting. The program is the presentation of the Wright Brothers Award to

June Scores Posted

Jun 10, 2023 Crew Development, Flying Events

Flying Events and Crew Development held their competition on June 10. Smaller groups than usual for both competitions, but the scores are posted on the

June Update

Jun 5, 2023 Crew Development, Flying Events, General Club Business

We’re into the month of June and here’s a look ahead at the planned activities. Flying Events – Monthly competition on Saturday, June 10, at the

May Flying Event Canceled

May 12, 2023 Crew Development, Flying Events

Due to the expected high winds Saturday morning, the Flying Event and Crew Games have been canceled.

April Meeting Time

Apr 24, 2023 Crew Development, Flying Events, General Club Business

As usual, our meeting takes place on Tuesday evening, April 25. at 6:30 PM at the Balloon Museum.While the museum is still closed, the opening

February 2023 Meeting and Cloudbouncer Update

Feb 25, 2023 Cloudbouncer, Crew Development, Flying Events, Friends and Lovers, General Club Business, Special Events

The February Cloudbouncer is posted for your viewing and downloading pleasure. It’s chock full of articles and candidate bios for our upcoming board election. There’s

Friends and Lovers Competition

Feb 14, 2023 Crew Development, Flying Events, Friends and Lovers

The competition is over and the scores posted for both Flying Events and Crew Development. With 85 registered pilots there were a number of scores

Friends and Lovers Update

Feb 7, 2023 Crew Development, Flying Events, Friends and Lovers, Special Events

The details are in your Email inbox Wednesday morning! Can’t find it, check it out on the Friends and Lovers Page.

Friends and Lovers 2023

Jan 15, 2023 Crew Development, Flying Events, Friends and Lovers, Special Events

Yes Virginia, there will be a Friends and Lovers Balloon Rally in 2023. The theme is Loads of Love and the dates are February 11

Awards Tickets On Sale Now!

Dec 12, 2022 Crew Development, Flying Events, General Club Business

The competitions are over. The winners have been determined. Now it’s time to celebrate everyone for their participation and a great season of competition both

Jingle Bell Competition

Dec 12, 2022 Crew Development, Special Events

Saturday’s winners for Shoveling Snow were: 1st place – Team Tentai – 115 points2nd place – Team Plum Fired Up – 110 points3rd place – Team

Jingle Bell Time

Dec 9, 2022 Crew Development, Flying Events, Special Events

It’s Jingle Bell Time in Albuquerque. The AAAA non-rally kicks off Saturday morning with Pilot check-in at 6:30, Briefing at 7 and crew games and

December Update

Dec 4, 2022 Cloudbouncer, Crew Development, Flying Events, General Club Business, Special Events

A busy month is on tap, with Jingle Bells, Flying Events and Crew Competition, the AIBF December Sale, Menorah Glow, and plans for the Awards

Check Your Email

Nov 20, 2022 Cloudbouncer, Crew Development, Flying Events, Special Events

It’s a busy Thanksgiving week for AAAA. An Email was sent this morning (Sunday) with lots of information, including the November General Meeting (Tuesday), preliminary

November Competition

Nov 13, 2022 Crew Development, Flying Events

November’s Flying Events Competition found 28 pilots scanning in for a cold morning of flying. William Blizzard was the hare taking to the sky with

New Website Design

Nov 11, 2022 Cloudbouncer, Community Relations, Crew Development, Education, Flying Events, General Club Business, Special Events, Ways and Means

Coming in just 10 days! November 21, 2022. Mark your calendar to celebrate the new design on Montgolfier Day!

November Competition

Nov 8, 2022 Crew Development, Flying Events

It’s Competition Time! Both Flying Events and Crew-Dev will have competitions this weekend. Saturday, Nov 12, in Rio Rancho. Pilot check-in begins at 6:15 with

October Cloudbouncer & November Preview

Nov 1, 2022 Cloudbouncer, Crew Development, Flying Events, General Club Business

Hey we’re a little late getting this out to you, but the October Cloudbouncer is now available for downloading or reading line. Check out the

September Scores Posted!

Sep 7, 2022 Crew Development, Flying Events

The September flying event is already here. Sunday, Sept 11 at Balloon Fiesta Park. Pilot badge scanning/check-in starts at 6:15, briefing and sunrise at 6:45.

August Competition Results

Aug 14, 2022 Crew Development, Flying Events, General Club Business

The results of this weekend’s Flying Event and 2nd Annual Cornhole Crew Tournament have been posted and overall standings updated. Check them out on their

Competition Time!

Aug 11, 2022 Crew Development, Flying Events

It’s time for the competition to heat up to match the temperatures. Flying Events and Crew-D are holding competitions this Saturday, August 13. Check-in begins

July Competition

Jul 10, 2022 Crew Development, Flying Events

Flying Events and Crew-D held events on July 11, 2022. Scores are posted to the respective web pages. The gap at the top of Flying

More Action Needed

Jul 10, 2022 Cloudbouncer, Crew Development, Education, Flying Events, General Club Business

There is an update regarding the DRONE proposed FAA Right of Way Rule as pertains to hot air balloons. Due to our members who have

July 2022 Crew Dev

Jul 10, 2022 Crew Development

Well, as usual the winds were rather unfavorable for many pilots. As a result, only one team made it to the Crew D target. Team

April Flying and Bunny Butts

Apr 10, 2022 Crew Development, Flying Events, General Club Business

Saturday, April 9 found AAAA members flying and bouncing bunny butts. Well, not actual bunnies, but ping-pong balls that looked like bunny butts. Check out

April 2022 Crew Dev

Apr 9, 2022 Crew Development

To celebrate spring, Crew-D offered up a Bunny Butt Bounce Competition. No, we didn’t bounce bunnies but did attempt to bounce ping-pong balls into a

Flying and Crew Competition Email sent

Apr 5, 2022 Cloudbouncer, Crew Development, Flying Events, General Club Business

We just emailed a reminder about this weekend’s flying and crew competition. Didn’t get it? Maybe you didn’t renew? Maybe you didn’t respond to an

March 2022 Crew D

Mar 13, 2022 Crew Development

Crew D competition took to the air for March 2022 with a task for CREW to throw a baggie on a target, FROM A BALLOON!

New Leader in Flying Events!

Mar 13, 2022 Crew Development, Flying Events

There’s a new leader atop the overall Flying Events Standings for 2022. Al Lowenstein with a 3rd place throw takes the top position. Jerry Garcia

February Meeting Time

Feb 21, 2022 Crew Development, Education, Flying Events, General Club Business, Special Events

Yep, it’s meeting time already! Tuesday, 2/22/22, 6:30 pm at the Balloon Museum, or on Zoom. The program is Kim Vesely taking us on a

Friends and Lovers Wrap-up

Feb 13, 2022 Crew Development, Flying Events, Friends and Lovers, Special Events

What a GREAT weekend for the 2022 Friends and Lovers Balloon Rally. Good Scores by both pilots and crew. See the scores and standings on

Friends & Lovers Score!

Feb 12, 2022 Crew Development, Flying Events, Friends and Lovers, Special Events

While Mother Nature didn’t cooperate with good flying weather, that didn’t stop crews from putting a ring on it. Today’s crew competition was a ring

Friends and Lovers and Waivers

Feb 9, 2022 Crew Development, Flying Events, Friends and Lovers, Special Events

It’s Friends and Lover’s Weekend. Here are a few important reminders. For all the details, head to the Friends and Lovers Page. All pilots must be registered,

Friends and Lovers Just Days Away

Feb 5, 2022 Crew Development, Flying Events, Friends and Lovers, Special Events

Registration for Friends and Lovers closes this Thursday night. Pilots remember you must also have your documents current in AAAA PAD to finalize your registration.

2022 Friends and Lovers Crew Dev

Jan 20, 2022 Crew Development

Game 1 – Target Practice! Crew D is resurrecting a past crew favorite. There will be a target that you will need to get the scoring bean bag

Winners Identified!

Dec 13, 2021 Crew Development, Flying Events, General Club Business

Jingle Bell concludes the 2021 competition year and with that, we have winners in both flying and crew competition. Trent Caldwell is your Flying Events Champion

Jingle Bell UPDATE!

Dec 11, 2021 Crew Development, Flying Events, Special Events

It was great to be inside the Sid on Saturday, but we’re moving on Sunday to the Rio Rancho AAAA Launch Field. Pilot scanning begins

Tom Fisher Gets Sid Cutter Award

Oct 12, 2021 Cloudbouncer, Crew Development, Education, Flying Events, Friends and Lovers, General Club Business, Special Events

Tom Fisher was recognized at the AIBF Awards Ceremony with the Sid Cutter Award for his outstanding contribution to the sport of hot air ballooning. Tom

August 2021 Crew Dev

Aug 14, 2021 Crew Development

August 2021 Featured a Cornhole Tournament.Hope everyone had a good time at our first in-person AAAA Crew-D event in a couple of years! The Corn

August Event Update

Aug 14, 2021 Crew Development, Flying Events, General Club Business, Special Events

Winds kept us from flying balloons, but not from a breakfast of hamburgers and hot dogs, and a Cornhole competition with a sudden-death toss-off. Check the

July Update

Jul 16, 2021 Cloudbouncer, Crew Development, Flying Events, General Club Business, Special Events

July has been and continues to be a busy month for AAAA. Check your email for that latest info about Flying Events, Crew-D, Special Events,

Mid July Updates

Jul 13, 2021 Cloudbouncer, Crew Development, Flying Events, General Club Business

July Flying Event Scores are posted on the Flying Events page. Crew-D July Scores posted on the Crew-D Page. The July Cloudbouncer is available from the Cloudbouncer

It’s a Four for All Sunday!

Jul 8, 2021 Crew Development, Flying Events, Special Events

This Sunday, July 11, we have a flying event, a Crew-D contest, a Crazy Hat contest, and FREE ICE CREAM!!! Flying is from Balloon Fiesta Park,

What’s the Word Contest

Jul 5, 2021 Crew Development, Flying Events, General Club Business

‘What’s the Word’ Contest? Create a Safety Legacy to Protect Crew! Leaving the ground outside the basket never ends well. Though universally understood, “Weight off!” has no redundancy or

And the results are in….

Jun 12, 2021 Crew Development, Flying Events

28 pilots scanned in, 17 scored and at the top of the heap, Ray Bair with a throw of just 1.98 meters. It’s making for

June Flying and Crew D

Jun 7, 2021 Crew Development, Flying Events

It’s June Competition time. Flying Events is Saturday, June 12, Rio Rancho Launch Field. In-person check-in (scanning) and briefing. Registration 0530-0600. Briefing 0600. Crew-D competition is ONLINE.

May Flying

May 4, 2021 Crew Development, Flying Events

Mother’s Day and May Flying are back together again this year! Sunday at Balloon Fiesta Park. Members check your email for details. Pilots look for

April Flying and Flinging

Apr 10, 2021 Crew Development, Flying Events

Congratulations to Steve Coffing, Sam Parks, and Al Lowenstein for their first, second, and third place, respectively, throws at April’s Flying Event. Twenty-two pilots scanned

Flying & Crew Event on Saturday

Apr 5, 2021 Crew Development, Flying Events, General Club Business

Saturday, April 10, 2021, it’s Flying and Flinging. Email sent to all members on Monday evening at 8:40 pm MDT. Read it for how you

Flying and Crew Events this weekend

Mar 10, 2021 Crew Development, Flying Events

CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER FORECAST Flying Event-Balloon Fiesta Park Saturday, March 13 Gate Opens at 5:45 am Sunrise at 6:19 am Pilot Zoom Briefing at 6:30 am Competition Window: 6:45 am-8:30

FnL Weekend Update

Feb 13, 2021 Crew Development, Flying Events, Friends and Lovers, Special Events

Hey Friends and Lovers… We’re in the middle of the weekend. Flying Events had a great competition this morning, see the results on the Flying Events page,

Email alert!

Feb 11, 2021 Crew Development, Flying Events

An e-mail was sent to the entire membership this afternoon (Thursday 2/11/21) announcing this weekend’s Crew Competition. Remember ALL crews can participate, whether your pilot

Registration (Reservation) Now Open

Jan 28, 2021 Crew Development, Flying Events, Friends and Lovers, Special Events

The Friends and Lovers Hot Air Balloon Rally is taking shape a little differently this year. Traditionally, the club has a wonderful weekend of friends, flying,

December Results

Dec 17, 2020 Crew Development, Flying Events, General Club Business, Special Events

December found us without our usual Jingle Bell non-rally, but with a Flying Event and Crew-D competition. Two pilots made it to the target Mike Heffron

Crew D Activity-November

Nov 4, 2020 Crew Development

With this year being difficult for many of us, let’s take a moment to remember something we are thankful for. A maximum of 2 photos

October Crew-D Competition

Oct 1, 2020 Crew Development

Welcome to October! UPDATED!!! Congratulations to the following teams!The first team to get a score of 100% and win 75 points is team Travelin LITE. The second team

July Events, 1-Canceled, 1-Game On!

Jul 8, 2020 Crew Development, Flying Events

As you might have expected we have had to cancel the July 2020 Flying Event due to the ban on mass gatherings, but that’s not

Friends and Lovers Rally 2020 – Love you to the Moon

Jan 29, 2020 Crew Development, Flying Events, Friends and Lovers, Special Events

2020 Schedule of Events Friday, February 7th 5:00 pm – Doors Open for Pilots, Sponsors and Crew. Baggie Drop-Off Opens Brunch Tickets available for Sunday $5/person Dinner Buffet Opens 5:30 pm