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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
Jingle Bell Competition
Dec 12, 2022
Crew Development, Special Events
Saturday’s winners for Shoveling Snow were: 1st place – Team Tentai – 115 points2nd place…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
July 2022 Crew Dev
Jul 10, 2022
Crew Development
Well, as usual the winds were rather unfavorable for many pilots. As a result, only…
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,…
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…
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?…
March 2022 Crew D
Mar 13, 2022
Crew Development
Crew D competition took to the air for March 2022 with a task for CREW…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 Activity-November
Nov 4, 2020
Crew Development
With this year being difficult for many of us, let’s take a moment to remember…
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…
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…
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…
2019 Jingle Bell (non) Rally
Dec 4, 2019
Crew Development, Flying Events, Special Events
The Jingle Bell event is schedule for December 14. The first 50 pilots to show…
Friends and Lovers Balloon Rally
Jan 15, 2019
Crew Development, Flying Events, Friends and Lovers, Special Events
Love is in the … AIR! Please read entire post for all the dates, times,…
2019 Friends and Lovers Registration is open!
Nov 20, 2018
Crew Development, Flying Events, Friends and Lovers, Special Events
Registration for the 2019 Friends and Lovers Balloon Rally is now open! It will CLOSE…