Local Weather
| Indianola, IA | |||||||
![]() |
|
||||||
|
![]() WSW
|
||||||
|
Show more details
Select your city... |
|||||||
From The Press
- Business Briefs - Mullet Wrapper
- Chevy Chase - San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
- Mayes: Vibrant piazza is center of life (CNN)
- Mayes: Vibrant piazza is center of life - CNN
- Love is in the air for balloon couple - Forester
- Canton balloon fest's future is up in the air - Madison County Herald
- Should the Energizer Bunny Balloon Come to Reno this Year? (KOLO 8 Reno)
- Over the Masai Mara by balloon (thewest.com.au)
- Hot air balloon lands in east Burlington neighborhood (Burlington Times-News)
- In the movies: A balloon ride with the stars (Abilene Reporter-News)
Need Help Logging In?
You can login at the top right of this page. If you need a login name Click Here, or call the BFA Office.
Forgot your Username? Forgot your password? Look for the little icons with question marks next to the login box to recover your info.
U.S. National Championship Returns to Battle Creek, MI
The BFA Hot Air Competition Division (HACD) and the Holiday Balloon Fest, Inc. (HBF) are pleased to announce that the 44th US National Championship will return to Battle Creek (Calhoun County), Michigan...
Ninety-Nines Urge Women Pilots To 'Fly A Friend'
Celebrating 100 Years Of Licensed Women Pilots Susan Larson, President of the Ninety-Nines, has committed to flying women who have never flown before in both her Cessna 182 and Hughes 500 helicopter...
Pat Newell Youth Scholarship Fund Announced
Pat Newell, former BFA Great Lakes Regional Director, possessed the heart of a volunteer and was a wonderful supporter of youth in ballooning, especially the Balloon Federation of America youth program. ...
Pat Newell - Celebration of Life
The Balloon Federation Board of Directors is deeply saddened by the passing of former Board Member, Pat Newell. He will be greatly missed and his contributions to ballooning will be difficult to replace....
Contest: Design a Window for the National Balloon Museum
The National Balloon Museum in Indianola, Iowa needs our help to: 1) replace damaged windows and 2) design stained glass windows for the Museum. To accomplish this a new contest has been announced. For...
2010 US National Championship in Battle Creek, MI
The BFA Hot Air Competition Division (HACD) and the Holiday Balloon Fest, Inc. (HBF) are pleased to announce that the 44th US National Championship will return to Battle Creek (Calhoun County), Michigan...
Changes to Logger Policies
Changes Coming to Logger Policies BFA/HACD Rules, Policies and Procedures 2010 During its fall meeting, the HACD reviewed logger scoring as it relates to PDG and FON tasks utilized...
2009 National Ranking Final
The 2009 National Ranking is FINAL. A special THANK YOU to Curves International for their continued support of BFA and HACD! Checks will be processed within the next couple of weeks. Please don't hesitate...
$25 Membership Expanded!
Pilots, Crew & Officials, $25 Memberships Expanded! In an effort to reach out not only to Rookies, the HACD Board has expanded the $25 Pilot Memberships. If you have not been a member of the HACD...
2010 World Hot Air Balloon Championship
The 19th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship will be in Debrecen, Hungary October 2-10, 2010 (www.deballoons.com). United States representatives are selected based on individual finishes from both...
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....
Calendar of Events
The BFA website has a 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. For Balloon Festivals...
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...
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...
Group Tours and Local Sightseeing Information
BFA Social Activities
|
||



