Keith Sproul's Balloon Festival History

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Date (2004)BalloonEventLocationWeb Site
May 29-31 SkyBluePink
LimeLight
Letchworth Red, White & Blue Balloon Rally Letchworth State Park, NY www.balloonsoverletchworth.com www.skychariot.com/letchworth.html
Sept 11 Wings of Wind
(Tetrahedron)
Raritan Day (NJ) Lenape Park, Raritan, NJ  
Sept 20 Crew Chief for
Energizer Bunny
Great Forest Park Balloon Race St Louis, MO www.greatforestparkballoonrace.com
Sept 24-26 Wings of Wind
(Tetrahedron)
Keystone International Balloon Festival Lancaster, PA  
Oct 2-10 Wings of Wind
(Tetrahedron)
LimeLight
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Albuquerque, NM www.aibf.org
Dec 3-5 Wings of Wind
(Tetrahedron)
Holiday Balloon Festival Battle Creek, MI www.holidayballoonfest.com
 
Date (2005)BalloonEventLocationWeb Site
May 28-30 Wings of Wind
(Tetrahedron)
LimeLight
Letchworth Red, White & Blue Balloon Rally Letchworth State Park, NY www.balloonsoverletchworth.com www.skychariot.com/letchworth.html
Jun 16-19 Wings of Wind
(Tetrahedron)
LimeLight
Summer Heat Balloon Festival Muncie, IN  
July 15-17 Wings of Wind
(Tetrahedron)
LimeLight
Jackson Hot Air Jubilee Jackson, MI www.hotairjubilee.com
Sept 1-4 Wings of Wind
(Tetrahedron)
LimeLight
New York State Festival of Balloons Dansville, NY www.nysfob.com
Sept 9-11 Birthday Cake Atlantic Balloon Fiesta Sussex, NB, Canada atlanticballoonfiesta.ca
Sept 16 Crew Chief for
Energizer Bunny
Great Forest Park Balloon Race St Louis, MO www.greatforestparkballoonrace.com
Oct 1-9 Wings of Wind
(Tetrahedron)
Fred B Rabbit
LimeLight
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Albuquerque, NM www.aibf.org
Dec 2-4 Wings of Wind
(Tetrahedron)
Red Rock Balloon Rally Red Rock State Park
Gallup, NM
www.redrockballoonrally.com
 
Date (2006)BalloonEventLocationWeb Site
Apr 15 Fred B Rabbit Solberg Airport Open House Readington, NJ www.solbergairport.com
May 26-29 Birthday Cake
SkyBluePink
Letchworth Red, White & Blue Balloon Rally Letchworth State Park, NY www.balloonsoverletchworth.com www.skychariot.com/letchworth.html
Jun 2-4 LimeLight
Indecision
Amherst Experimental Balloon, Hopper, and Airship Gathering Amherst, MA www.xltaweb.com
Jun 24 SkyBluePink Solberg Airport Summer Solstice Readington, NJ www.solbergairport.com
Jul 7-9 SkyBluePink
Indecision
LimeLight
Poughkeepsie Balloon Festival Poughkeepsie, NY  
July 28-30 SkyBluePink
Community Property
Indecision
LimeLight
Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning Solberg Airport
Readington, NJ
quickchk.balloonfestival.com
Aug 4-6 Birthday Cake Pittsfield Balloon Festival Pittsfield, NH Pittsfield Balloon Festival
Sept 1-3 Birthday Cake New York State Festival of Balloons Dansville, NY www.nysfob.com
Sept 10 SkyBluePink Holmdel Community Day Bayonet Farm, Holmdel, NJ Holmdel Arts & Music Festival
Sept 22-24 BRUT
LimeLight
SkyBluePink
Adirondack Balloon Festival Glens Falls, NY www.adirondackballoonfest.org
Sept 30 LimeLight Delaware Township Day Delaware Twp, NJ  
Oct 7-15 Wings of Wind
(Tetrahedron)
Fred B Rabbit
LimeLight
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Albuquerque, NM www.aibf.org
Oct 27-29 Fred B Rabbit Pirates of the Canyon
Amarillo Invitational Balloon Rally
Amarillo, TX www.piratesofthecanyon.com
www.balloonamarillo.org
2006 Canyon Pictures
Dec 1-3 Wings of Wind
(Tetrahedron)
Red Rock Balloon Rally Red Rock State Park
Gallup, NM
www.redrockballoonrally.com
 
Date (2007)BalloonEventLocationWeb Site
Mar 24 -
Apr 2
Blaser Tetrahedron Emmental Balloon Week Hasle-Ruegsau, Switzerland www.emmentaler-ballonwoche.ch
www.skychariot.com/switzerland.html
May 5 SkyBluePink
LimeLight
Boy Scouts Jambo Deep Creek Park
Green Lane, PA
 
May 25-28 Fred B Rabbit
SkyBluePink
Mr. K
Letchworth Red, White & Blue Balloon Rally Letchworth State Park, NY www.balloonsoverletchworth.com www.skychariot.com/letchworth.html
Jun 1-3 LimeLight
Blaser Tetrahedron
Experimental LTA Amherst, MA www.xlta.org
Jun 16 Community Property II Become a Pilot Family Day
Smithsonian Instutute
National Air & Space Museum
Chantilly, VA
Become A Pilot Day
Jun 17 Crew for
Energizer Bunny
York County Balloon Festival York, PA www.windjammerballoons.com/festival/
Jun 23 Crew for
High Plains Drifter
Brooks & Dunn
Brooks & Dunn Concert Lincoln Financial Center
Philadelphia, PA
 
Jul 3-4 SkyBluePink
LimeLight
Pottstown Balloon Festival Pottstown, PA  
Jul 20-22 Birthday Cake
LimeLight
Poughkeepsie Balloon Festival Poughkeepsie, NY  
Jul 20-22 Fred B Rabbit
Pilot Walt Rudy
Ohio Challenge Middletown, OH www.ohiochallenge.com
Jul 27-29 Birthday Cake Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning Solberg Airport
Readington, NJ
quickchk.balloonfestival.com
Aug 3-5 SkyBluePink
LimeLight
Pittsfield Balloon Festival Pittsfield, NH Pittsfield Balloon Festival
Aug 10-12 Fred B Rabbit Metro NY Balloon Festival Brookhaven, Long Island, NY metronyballoonfest.com
Aug 17-19 Birthday Cake Great Falls Balloon Festival Lewiston/Auburn, ME www.greatfallsballoonfestival.org
Aug 30 -
Sept 3
Birthday Cake
Pilot Mark McSkimming
Gatineau Balloon Festival Gatineau, Quebec, Canada www.montgolfieresgatineau.com
Aug 30 -
Sept 3
Fred B Rabbit New York State Festival of Balloons Dansville, NY www.nysfob.com
Sept 8-9 Wings of Wind
SkyBluePink
Septemberfest Hamilton, NJ  
Sept 15-16 LimeLight Teterboro Airport
Wings & Wheels Display
Teterboro, NJ www.njahof.org
Sept 15-16 SkyBluePink Kingwood Day Kingwood Park
Frenchtown, NJ
 
Sep 20-23 SkyBluePink Adirondack Balloon Festival Glens Falls, NY www.adirondackballoonfest.org
Sep 28 Crew for
High Plains Drifter
Brooks & Dunn
Brooks & Dunn Concert Holmdel, NJ
PNC Bank Arts Center
 
Sep 29 SkyBluePink Delaware Township Community Day Sarah Dilts Park
Sergeantsville, NJ
 
Oct 6-14 Wings of Wind
(Tetrahedron)
Fred B Rabbit
LimeLight
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Albuquerque, NM www.aibf.org
Oct 26-28 Wings of Wind
(Tetrahedron)
Pirates of the Canyon
Amarillo Invitational Balloon Rally
Amarillo, TX www.balloonamarillo.org
2006 Canyon Pictures
Nov 30 -
Dec 2
Wings of Wind
(Tetrahedron)
Red Rock Balloon Rally Red Rock State Park
Gallup, NM
www.redrockballoonrally.com
www.skychariot.com/gallup.html
 
Date (2008)BalloonEventLocationWeb Site
Feb 1-3 Wings of Wind (Tetrahedron) Meteor Crater, AZ Balloon Flight Winslow, AZ www.meteorcrater.com
www.skychariot.com/meteorcrater/
Mar 1 Speaker John Wise Safety Seminar
Millersville Univ
Millersville PA www.johnwise.net
Mar 22 Fred B Rabbit Solberg Airport Easter Open House Solberg Airport
Readington, NJ
www.solbergairport.com
Apr 4-6 Speaker BFA National Convention Louisville, KY www.bfa.net
Apr 29 LimeLight Civil Air Patrol Balloon Demo
Easton Airport (Braden Airpark)
Easton, PA  
May 5 Lime Light
Indecision
Boy Scouts, Tropp 200 Aviation Month
Immaculate Conception Church
Annandale, NJ  
May 11 Indecision Wurtsboro Aiprot Grand Re-Opening Wurtsboro, NY www.wurtsboroairport.com
May 16-18 Indecision XLTA Experimental Meet Amherst, MA www.xlta.org
May 23-25 SkyBluePink
LimeLight
Letchworth Red, White & Blue Balloon Rally Letchworth State Park, NY www.balloonsoverletchworth.com www.skychariot.com/letchworth.html
June 7 Community Property II Fly-In, EAA Chapter 643
Sky Manor Airport
Alexandria, NJ  
June 8 Stained Glass GEBA Picnic
Sarah Diltz Park
Sargentsville, NJ GEBA
June 14 Community Property II Become a Pilot Family Day
Smithsonian Instutute
National Air & Space Museum
Chantilly, VA
Become A Pilot Day
June 15 Community Property II Father's Day, Alba Vinyards Milford, NJ www.albavineyards.com
June 21 SkyBluePink
LimeLight
Solberg Airport Summer Solstice Open House Solberg Airport
Readington, NJ
www.solbergairport.com
Jul 3-4 Birthday Cake Pottstown Balloon Rally Pottstown, PA www.pottstownjuly4th.org
July 18-20 SkyBluePink Wellsville Balloon Rally Wellsville, NY www.wellsvilleballoonrally.com
Jul 25-27 SkyBluePink Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning Solberg Airport
Readington, NJ
quickchk.balloonfestival
Jul 30 -
Aug 2
SkyBluePink The Hot Air Balloon Festival at the Warren County Farmers' Fair Warren County Fair Grounds
Phillipsburg, NJ
www.balloonfestnj.com
Aug 15-17 Pandy
LimeLight
Great Falls Balloon Festival Lewiston/Auburn, ME www.pandaballoons.com
Aug 26 Crew for High Plains Drifter
Brooks & Dunn Balloon
Brooks & Dunn Concert Philadelphia, PA  
Aug 29 -
Sep 1
Wings of Wind (Tetrahedron) New York State Festival of Ballooning Dansville, NY www.nysfob.com
Aug 29 -
Sep 1
Birthday Cake
Pilots
Davide Markowitz
& Lou Barthelemy
Oneonta NY Balloon Festival Oneonta, NY  
Sept 18-21 Indecision
SkyBluePink
LimeLight
Adirondack Balloon Festival Glens Falls, NY adirondackballoonfest.org
Sept 26-28 Birthday Cake Bluegrass Balloon Festival Louisville, Kentucky www.bluegrassballoons.com
Oct 4-12 Wings of Wind (Tetrahedron)
Fred B Rabbit
LimeLight
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Albuquerque, NM www.aibf.org
 
Date (2009)BalloonEventLocationWeb Site
Mar 7-15 Birthday Cake
Pilots Glo Kehoe
& Debbie Sproul
Canberra Festival Balloon Spectacular Canberra, Australia Canberra Festival
Mar 25-29 Birthday Cake
Pilots Glo Kehoe
& Debbie Sproul
Balloons over Waikato Hamilton, New Zealand balloonsoverwaikato.co.nz
May 22-25 Spectator Letchworth Red, White & Blue Balloon Rally Letchworth State Park, NY www.balloonsoverletchworth.com
www.skychariot.com/letchworth.html
June 20 Community Property II
Pilot Debbie Sproul
Become a Pilot Family Day
Smithsonian Instutute
Smithsonian Institute
National Air & Space Museum
Chantilly, VA
Become A Pilot Day
July 24-26 Spectator Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning Solberg Airport
Readington, NJ
quickchk.balloonfestival.com
Sept 3-7 Blaser Tet
Indecision
Pilot Debbie Sproul
New York State Festival of Balloons Dansville Airport
Dansville, NY
www.nysfob.com
Sept 18-19 Birthday Cake
Pilot Carl Young
Great Forest Park Balloon Race
20th aniv of the Energizer Bunny
Great Forest Park
St Louis, MO
www.greatforestparkballoonrace.com
Sept 25-27 Birthday Cake
Pilot Mark McSkimming
Bluegrass Balloon Festival Bowman Field
Louisville, KY
www.bluegrassballoons.com
Oct 3-11 Blaser Tet
Indecision
LimeLight
Pilot Debbie Sproul
Fred B Rabbit
Pilot John Hoffer
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Albuquerque, NM www.aibf.org
Oct 30-
Nov 1
Blaser Tet
Pilot Debbie Sproul
Pirates of the Canyon
Amarillo Invitational Balloon Rally
Palo Duro State Park
Amarillo, TX
www.piratesofthecanyon.com
www.balloonamarillo.org
Canyon Pictures
Dec 4-6 Blaser Tet
Pilot Debbie Sproul
Red Rock Balloon Rally Red Rock State Park
Gallup, NM
www.redrockballoonrally.com


"For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards,
for there you have been and there you will long to return."
- Leonardo da Vinci




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