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Seven FSS Facilities Closing In February

 Lockheed Martin, which won a 10-year, $1.7 billion contract in 2005 to operate the flight service system for the FAA, says it will close seven of the remaining 13 FSS facilities in February of next...

BFA Board Elects New Officers, Continues Convention Planning

Meeting in Albuquerque, NM the BFA Board of Directors welcomed three new members and elected officers for the 2010 year. Taking their new seats on the board were Kevin Knapp (At-Large), Matt Fenster (North...

BFA 2010 On-Line Safety Seminar

The Balloon Federation of America , in conjunction with the FAA Production Studios and the FAAST Program, is proud to announce the 2010 On Line Safety Seminar. It is scheduled for February 6, 2010 and...

BFA at Oshkosh 2009

This years Oshkosh presence for the BFA contained a new element, the opportunity for an attendee to win a balloon ride for two. Using sequentially numbered promotion cards every visitor to the BFA tent...

California PUC 5513 Final

California SB 911 has been enacted and put into law. This is final version. Click here to read the text. (This is not a BFA web page.)

Board of Director Election Results for 2009

2009 Rocky Mountain Balloon Festival No More

NTSB Report on Sproul / Lachendro Accident

Feedback Concerning Proposed Professional Ride Operators Code of Ethics

2009 US Nationals Expands Field of Competitors

US Nationals Schedule

FAA Website gets new design

BFA Board Elections Set

US National Championship About to Begin

NTSB Issues Findings in Fossett Crash

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Current Board of Directors

OFFICERS Paul Petrehn Chairman/Great Lakes Regional Director 1115 Rial Lake Dr. Howell, MI 48843 517-294-3995 (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio,Wisconsin) Sam Parks...

HACD Board Update

On October 26th, the HACD Board accepted the resignation of Barb Davis as both Chief Observer and Secretary. The entire HACD Board would like to thank Barb for her professional voluntarism of many years...

Steve Lachendro Sportmanship Award

By Maury Sullivan NOBPA, in cooperation with the BFA, established the Steve Lachendro Sportsmanship Award to be presented annually at the US National Championship. In August, the inaugural award was...

Reflective Thoughts on the Recent US National Championships

Reflective Thoughts on the Recent US National Championships By Jeff Pestun About a month ago the 2009 US National Hot Air Balloon Championship concluded. Prior to that event I provided some...

HACD Election Results 2009

On August 21, 2009, BFA Office Manager Sharon Ripperger, along with Jim and Connie Thompson counted the ballots for the postions on the HACD Board and did the tally for the elections. Click on the "read...

US Nationals Pictures 2009

2009 National Championship Results

Participating Competitors, US Nationals, August 2009

One Competitor's Thoughts on the Upcoming US National Championships

Officials and Staff for Nationals 2009, and Holiday Balloon Fest Officials

US Nationals Sponsors 2009

Downloadable Maps Available

US Nationals Offical Hotel 2009

Fiesta Flyers, US Nationals, August 2009

Important Information for Competitors, 2009 Nationals

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2009 Gordon Bennett -Female Duration Record

2009 Gordon Bennett News! 08.09.2009 11:56 (tuesday): New Female World Record with 60:48h?! British pilot Janet Folkes is about to break the World Record for Women this very minute. The...

2009 Gordon Bennett Race

The 2009 Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race  The official Gordon Bennett URL is: http://www.geneva.gordon-bennett.ch/ Here's an alternate one that is supposed to be only for pilots and...

2008 FAI Coupe Aeronatique Gordon Bennett Rules - Class AA

2008 Coupe Aeronatique Gordon Bennett Rules - Class AA

2007 BFA Gas Division Competition Rules

2007 Gas Division Competition PDF Document - Adopted April 2007

AA-6 Record Attempt Jan. 27-28, 2007

Andy Cayton's AA -6 World Record Gas Balloon Flight is ready to begin: An attempt to break world distance AA-6 gas balloon record is projected for a launch this Sunday Jan. 28, 2007 from California....

Types of Gas Balloon Landings

Flying in a Gas Balloon

Gas Ballooning Links

BFA Gas Division Rules Change 2006

Gas Rating Requirements

2008 FAI Gas Balloon Rules - Class AA

BFA Rules for Gas Ballooning Events

Important Dates in Gas Ballooning History

Who Invented the Gas Balloon?

Gas Division Board Members

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Fiesta Sees Flying Start, Gas Launches Tonight

Chamber of Commerce weather blessed Albuquerque, New Mexico this morning (Saturday, October 3, 2009) and the 38th edition of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta used the good weather to get off...

New Calendar of Events

New Calendar of Events

The BFA website has a new Calendar of Events. Organized by type of event and then by date. To see all the events in a category click on Show Events next to the picture for that category. Go to the Calendar...

Convention Archives 2008

The series of links will allow you access to the materials and documents that were created for the 2008 BFA National Convention in Louisville, KY.   Unbridled Flight Convention Manual   Pages...

Don Cameron to Keynote BFA Convention 2008

Group Tours and Local Sightseeing Information

BFA Social Activities  

Back to Back Champions at Fiesta!

Hotel Rates 2008

Local Tours 2008

Silent Auction 2008

Convention Program Synopsis 2008

National Convention Tentative Schedule 2008

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Texas 2009 Youth Summer Camp Wrap-up

We would like to thank BFA member Tom Jones and his family for organizing the Michigan Hot Air Balloon Summer Camp that is going on this week. Barb Jones tells me that all is well and we look for a full...

Summer Camp 2009

Hello All! I am so pleased to announce the dates for the 2009 BFA HOT AIR BALLOON CAMPS! Texas will again host a camp on the Tyler Junior College campus in Tyler, Texas from July 12 through 16. Plus,...

MacPherson Memorial

Balloon Family,   I am so pleased to announce that friends and family of Earl MacPherson, in honor of his committment to our sport, have established the Earl MacPherson Memorial to...

Ben Franklin's Letter & the "Dream of Flight"

Interesting links to the Library of Congress Special section on the "Dream of Flight" http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/wb-object.html Ballooning Firsts Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)...

A Message from Polly Propane

And heeeeerrrre she is!! Let me introduce myself . . .I'm "Polly Propane" aka Joan McArdle-Nering . . .your new BFA Junior Balloonist section editor.  This is going to be so much...

Summer Camp Scholarships 2008

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Summer Camp 2008

Newsletters for Hi-Flyers and Jr. Balloonists

Hi-Flyers

Games

The Balloon Federation of America:
is a 501c3 non-profit association dedicated to the advancement of the sport and science of lighter-than-air aviation, both hot air and gas balloons. Founded in 1961, membership in the BFA is open to anyone who shares a fascination with Lighter Than Air flight.