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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…

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…

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