Posts Tagged ‘Adirondack Balloon Flights’
Ballooning in the Adirondacks!
Monday, January 9th, 2017Tuesday, April 21st, 2015
Spring is here in the beautiful Adirondacks! Our flying season has started with a couple of beautiful morning flights. As the warm weather gives way to the beautiful landscape we will continue to provide updates and photos. Here are a few from our most recent flights. Enjoy!
Mother’s Day Gift Certificates Available
Monday, May 5th, 2014Have you finished your Mother’s Day shopping?
Gift Certificates are available at Adirondack Balloon Flights!!
New Beginnings for Adirondack Balloon Flights
Monday, April 14th, 2014
As the seasons start to change, new beginnings are springing up for Adirondack Balloon Flights. As we prepare for the 2014 flying season we’d like to make a few special announcements as well as introduce you to the new owners of Adirondack Balloon Flights, Brooke and Kiersten Owen.
Brooke and Kiersten have over 30 years combined experience within the ballooning industry. Brooke has flown over 3,300 hours and over 20,000 passengers. He has flown in over 30 states, 3 different countries, and is a nationally ranked competitive pilot. Brooke has been the chief pilot for Rainbow Ryders, Inc., the largest balloon company in the United States, for the past 13 years. Kiersten was an elected board member of the Albuquerque Convention and Visitors Bureau, a member of the National Concierge Association, and nominated to the Board of Directors for the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. In addition, she held the position of Director of Operations at Rainbow Ryders, Inc for 8 years. Brooke and Kiersten Owen have tremendous depth of experience about the commercial balloon industry, and are looking forward to their new beginning as the owners of Adirondack Balloon Flights.
The 2014 flying season will begin on April 25th. We will be offering two flights a day, sunrise and sunset. Click here for more information about our flights.
Our online reservation system is now open for bookings. You may reserve your flight online, or call (518) 793-6342.
We are looking forward to a beautiful season and hope you consider Adirondack Balloon Flights whether you’re vacation planning or just looking for a new way to experience New York State’s Adirondacks, Albany, Lake George & Saratoga Springs Region.
Recent Hot Air Balloon Rides and Weather Forecast
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013We just had a very nice patch of weather at the end of September for doing some early fall foliage hot air balloon rides in our beautiful Adirondacks/Lake George/Albany-The Capital District region.
The weekend flights started on Saturday evening with a group of friends, Jeff and Maureen from Aberdeen NJ, and Rose and Michael from Brooklyn NY.
Up, up and away over rural Washington County.
Next flight was on Sunday morning with two couples, Ken and Sharon from Blairstown NJ, and Ramya and Abhilash from Webster NY.
Ken and Sharon and the balloon shadow thru the early morning mist.
Ramya and Abhilash with the early morning mist breaking up over the upper Hudson River Valley.
Next up, on Sunday evening was Doug and Jackie from Highland IN on a Private Flight, who made us a part of their extended fall tour of the NorthEast.
Doug and Jackie with the Green Mountains of Vermont in the background.
On Monday evening, I flew Rick and Penny from Nassau on a Private Flight.
A paraplane visited during our evening air cruise over the Argyle area.
I wish that the weather forecast for the coming weekend for our Adirondack, Lake George Region was as nice as it was for the last 10 days or so, but, it looks like it will be a bit of a challenge to get many flights in thru early next week. There still is a lot of time left to enjoy our fall foliage flights, so get your reservation in before the season ends. Call me @ 518-793-6342
Recent Flights and Weather Forecast
Thursday, September 26th, 2013The weather forecast for the Adirondacks, Lake George, Albany-The Capital District, looks fantastic right thru early next week for our hot air balloon rides. Unfortunately, the flying weather did not cooperate for last weekend’s Adirondack Balloon Festival or our hot air balloon rides. But, for those who want to view the fall foliage that is rapidly coming-on, this is a great time to do it, and there is no better way than above it from a hot air balloon.
On Tuesday morning, I flew Ellen and her brother Gary visiting from West Bend WI, and Karen and Darlene, local from Queensbury.
Wednesday afternoon was another beautiful day for flying, on-board was Craig and Susan from Queensbury.
Recent Flight and Weather Forecast
Wednesday, September 25th, 2013Unfortunately, the flying weather was not good for us this past weekend, which coincided with the annual Adirondack Balloon Festival . That weekend seems to be snake-bit as this is the 4th or 5th year in a row that the Balloon Festival weekend has been mostly a wash for flying. Anyhow, Tuesday morning was beautiful for doing a flight for some local folks from Floyd Bennett Airport.
Karen and Darlene from Queensbury on-board from Floyd Bennett Airport
Ellen from Moreau and her brother Gary who was visiting from West Bend WI
The weather forecast for the Adirondack/Lake George/Albany-The Capital District region is fantastic for flying right thru next week. The fall foliage is looking good, so it’s a good time to take a hot air balloon ride with us. Weekends are a bit full, but flights during the week are still available through our fall foliage flying season. So give us a call @ 518-793-6342 to make a reservation to view the fall foliage by hot air balloon.
Recent Flight and Balloon Festival Weather Forecast
Friday, September 20th, 2013We had a beautiful flight this morning out of Argyle with a couple of folks on a Private Flight.
Will and Lynn from Highland Mills NY.
Up, up and away from behind Argyle FD this AM.
View looking north with the fog down in the valley over the Champlain Canal.
An aerial view of the mother-in-law apartment. My passengers who have flown from Argyle will be familiar with the back story.
Well, those of you who are planning on visiting the Adirondack Balloon Festival will not be happy with the weather forecast. As I type this blog post (3:48 PM 9/20/13), I suspect that the wind will present a problem due to speed and direction out at the airport for the Friday PM launch. And then, the rest of the weekend looks difficult, tho you may see a few fly on Saturday morning, but the speed and direction of the wind will be a problem again for flying from the airport. I am sure there will be a few hardy soles who will perform for the masses, but the rest of the weekend, Saturday evening and all of Sunday will most likely be a no go. Oh well, the weather does improve for flying on Tuesday of this week and for a couple of days there after!
Argyle Elementary School Tether Day
Wednesday, September 18th, 2013Yesterday and today were tether demo days for the Hartford and Argyle Elementary Schools. Baker and I have been doing these for a long time, during the week of the Adirondack Balloon Festival. We thoroughly enjoy bringing our balloon to the elementary school kids so they can see one up-close, and the smiles on all the kiddies faces.
There was a lot of fog down in the valley on the drive over, but Argyle had beautiful blue skies and calm winds for our demo for the elementary kiddies.
The balloon shadow.
Our Argyle teachers on-board.