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Beautiful Memorial Day morning flight...doesn't get any better than this!

5/28/2014

Thanks to Laura and Scott for getting us up early to enjoy this perfect morning! We had a blast with you guys...

Chillaxing on Memorial Day weekend - Phillip Brown, grandson enjoying the lauch...enjoying the lounge chair...or just enjoying himself, life is good.

5/25/2014

Flight with Tara (from Charlotte) and Tom (from Omaha, soon to be from Charlotte) first flight, awesome morning....much fun and excitement!

5/25/2014

Precision Landing! Teamwork at work! Thanks, Tara, for setting up this task...

Very fun passengers, Tom and Tara...they'll be coming back!

On top of the world...not it's just a hay bale.

From a distance...

Are we having fun yet?

The sky this morning was beautiful!

Madison Landed Down on the Farm! Spectators loved it!

5/25/2014

So Madison had yet another successful trining flight, working on high wind landings, after an early, low and slow flight from Cool Spring Center. The ducklings loved it!

This is James. He liked the balloon. That is all...

5/24/2014

While we're away, the balloons will play! Drew and team show up for a 11k foot flight from The Greater Cool Spring BalloonPort and Space Museum!

5/21/2014

Allie and Drew off on an adventure!

Cool reflection off the sun porch...thanks for this photo!

Inside...

Get it hot, get it up!

Morning flight, what a beautiful day for ballooning...thanks to Madison and his crew for getting us up early.

5/4/2014

One more training flight for Madison Sharpe...excellent job, four landings, beautiful morning...Yea!

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Kristie and Charles have been ballooning, it seems like forever, but really only since 1981. This blog is a running log of fun flights and adventures in and around the Greater Cool Spring International Balloon Port and Space Museum, our home. Enjoy!

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What an amazing
Carolina BalloonFest
we had last year! Thanks to everyone who made this amazing balloon rally a huge success!
carolinaballoonfest.com.

Carolina BalloonFest 2020 has been cancelled, but look for balloons flying around Statesville October 17 & 18, in the mornings around 7:30 to 9:30 AM & before sunset, around 4:45 to 6:45 PM, weather permitting.

Big oh! Balloons
Cool Spring Center
399 West Page Hager Road
Cleveland, NC 27013
704-872-7761 office / 704-880-0203 cell

In the beautiful Cool Spring community!

Video by Carolinas Drone Imagery
Select Images by Michele Cooke, Daniel Sasser, and Ron Ellis.
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Int'l. Balloon Festival, Leon

Call us if you'd like to schedule a flight at Carolina BalloonFest in October 2021.

A portion of proceeds raised through Carolina BalloonFest is distributed to local nonprofit organizations.
Last year, $113,000 was donated by
National Balloon Rally Charities to a number of regional organizations.