08/03/2023
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta announced the concert line up! Looks like it’s gonna be a rocking time!
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We are excited to share that country artist Lee Brice will be headlining the 2023 Music Fiesta on October 14! Other performances will include Runaway June and Brandon Saiz Band. Tickets for this festival go on sale August 10 at 9 a.m. MDT and include entry to the evening session of Balloon Fiesta on October 14. More information can be found, here: https://balloonfiesta.com/Music-Fiesta
07/29/2023
Hope everyone at the National Balloon Classic is hunkered down and safe.
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07/15/2023
It’s competitive cheer competition season again, and we are trying to raise money to cover the competition fees this year for Khloe and Olivia! Any purchase completed through the link helps! Order delivery or pickup in store doesn’t matter but picking up in store saves on the shipping.
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07/12/2023
Top Gun Monthly Competition this Sunday July 16th. Briefing is at 5:30am Coldwell Banker on Unser in Rio Rancho
07/09/2023
Flew for 48 min today and never left the confines of fiesta field. Thanks Albuquerque Aerostat Ascension Association for a great July event!
06/29/2023
Freedom Hot Air Balloon Team will be inflated at Balloon Fiesta Park for Calvary Church with Skip Heitzig Freedom Celebration featuring a message from Skip Heitzig and music from Crowder Music, Sarah Reeves, and Andy Mineo.Also a demonstration from Nitro Circus. Plenty of activities for the kids and we will be joined by our great friends from Northern New Mexico Chick-fil-A Hot Air Balloon team! Come out and have an amazing night celebrating Freedom. (Cue eagles screeching)
Freedom Celebration 2023
Freedom Celebration is Friday, July 1, at Calvary Church. This free event features live music, spectacular fireworks & a message of hope from Skip Heitzig.
06/28/2023
But it’s not like we are counting or anything….
06/26/2023
Top Gun June Competition this am. Gorgeous day to fly slow with some steerage. Had to be on your toes to get where you needed to go. Zack Griego and Robert Duffswife we’re launch partners today.
06/25/2023
Monthly Top Gun in the am. WX is looking good!
06/18/2023
That’s a wrap for the The Great Texas Balloon Race! We are headed to the awards ceremony now. Looks like Freedom Hot Air Balloon Team got 37th overall. We can’t even begin to express how amazing the hospitality was by not only the event and all the amazing volunteers who put it on, but by the locals and homeowners who welcomed us with open arms. Sissie Christopher McCluskey Janette Wages Daphne Fritz Stewart Julie Ann Kuykendall were just a few in the community that we can remember by name to out there were so many more! Meeting new pilots we had never met before was incredible. We hope to see all of y’all in our neck of the woods for the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in October. Special thanks to our sponsors Books & Barrels and Forbes and Butler. And an additional thanks to the coverage we got from Uniquely Longview and Visit Longview Texas. None of this would be possible without my incredibly supportive crew chief/wife Brianna McClung and my amazing crew Debra and Joe Duran Kimberly Riecss Mcclung Steve McClung, Gloria Henderson and the 5 midgets. All the Top Gun New Mexico pilots banned together to put forth our best effort. Congratulations to Natasha Stanke Shawn Speicher Elisa Talbert and Jeff Ashworth and young gun Zack Griego. Ok this is starting to sound like one of those awards show acceptance speeches and I think they are getting ready to play me off the stage. Goodbye to everyone and see you next year!
06/18/2023
Had an amazing night glowing yesterday for the The Great Texas Balloon Race. Thank you Longview, TX for a great turnout!
06/16/2023
We are here at the glow night for The Great Texas Balloon Race and it’s looking good! Come see us!
06/15/2023
We will be hanging out in front of an amazing new sandwich shop in Longview, TX today. Swing by Solo Sandwich Co today from 11-1 for a chance to take a picture with the basket and crew. The Great Texas Balloon Race Uniquely Longview Visit Longview Texas Laura Nevils
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