Flying High Balloon Services

02/23/2025

https://www.faasafety.gov/SPANS/event_details.aspx?eid=134335&fbclid=IwY2xjawIoM4tleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTYpcvKmwsvyn5IA6OGmiCkfN85eNR-WvcDjFhXQYGVdI_OOte5JJRvlgw_aem_cJHFlJiMCIkVf4SEKIZT3Q

02/15/2025

24 years ago today, the FAA completed our final inspection and issued us our Balloon Repair Station Certificate. A big THANK YOU to our our friends and customers who have supported us over the years.

02/12/2025

FREE ONLINE SAFETY SEMINAR

Open anytime for you to take once a year - Balloon Safety Seminar housed in the FAA Safety Team Aviation Learning Center! 🛫 Given the heightened scrutiny from the FAA on the balloon community, our top-notch presenters – an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner, 2024 National FAA Flight Instructor of the Year, 2021 National FAA Safety Team Representative of the Year, and a 6-time world record holder – ensure the highest level of proficiency in delivering quality education. 🌟 Don't miss this crucial opportunity!

https://www.faasafety.gov/gslac/ALC/course_content.aspx?pf=1&preview=true&cID=1099&fbclid=IwAR1xNuPSsXLjivD48bSTSfrA-wMaP30xWmIqp9RTsPvznjD6_f7mf9WzhGA

11/28/2024

02/14/2024

23 years ago today, the FAA completed our final inspection and issued us our Balloon Repair Station Certificate. A big THANK YOU to our our friends and customers who have supported us over the years.

02/07/2024

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From the BFA Call to Action Committee:

Good day to all pilots,
We’re at a vital crossroads in our sport. In the wake of a few serious accidents over the past few years, ballooning is increasingly portrayed as reckless, dangerous, and out of control by the media, politicians, and some investigative and regulatory agencies. This growing public misperception of our sport has already resulted in increased regulation and likely will have further unfavorable consequences, unless we act now to change this.

The Balloon Federation of America and its Call to Action Committee (comprised of Pat Cannon, Andy Baird, Sam Parks and Scott Appelman), along with other significant ballooning stakeholders, needs your help. We are seeking to establish a real time database to reflect the true SAFETY of ballooning.

We are therefore asking that you click the link below and take 4-5 minutes to answer the brief questionnaire you’ll find there. We’re hoping to establish a big picture view of our sport, with data relative to our pilot population's years of experience, number of flights made, hours flown, landings and more. (No one’s individual information will be used in any way except to compile a cumulative report!) This database can then be used to factually, and favorably, respond to negative reporting that so often follows incidents or accidents in ballooning. If we don’t defend our sport, no one else will.

Please note you may see this survey on many social platforms, personal pages, etc. To maintain accuracy, PLEASE ANSWER THE SURVEY ONLY ONCE! We ask that you consider this request urgently and register your responses by February 15, 2024.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation as we all work to proactively present the many benefits that our sport and industry brings to the public.

Click this link:
https://www.cognitoforms.com/HAB9/USHotAirBalloonPilotSurvey

01/23/2023

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New and current aircraft FAA registration certificates are being extended from three years to seven, beginning TODAY!

The rule applies to all existing federal registrations based on the date they were issued. A registration issued in 2020, for example, is now extended until 2027.

The agency also dropped the requirement that aircraft owners obtain a temporary authorization letter from the FAA if a registration has not been issued or denied within 90 days of the application for registration.

(Note: A registration like the image below is expired and would not be changed by the new rule.)

12/29/2022

Ring in the New Year with safety!

Our 2023 FREE Online Safety Seminar course will go live on January 1, 2023. You can access anytime in 2023 to complete for possible insurance discount with Aviation Insurance Resources and RPS Balloon. Complete at your own pace, on your own time, anywhere! We appreciate AIR and RPS for passing along the safety seminar discount when applicable for completion, sharing knowledge is vital to safety. Most importantly, this creates a positive safety culture by making safety content readily available to the entire community.

12/28/2022

Just The new FAA Weather Handbook published (free)! https://bit.ly/SAFE-FAAwx Latest advice and products.

11/22/2022

SPREAD THE WORD

Effective date for 2nd class medicals for balloon operations is:

May 22, 2023

Officially published in the Federal Register today
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-11-22/pdf/2022-25288.pdf