APO sponsored a balloon
for the White Sands Balloon Fiesta. The original lift-off
had been scheduled the weekend after 9/11, so it was
rescheduled for 1/13-14/02.
Friday night's
crew/pilot reception was well attended by participants; 70
balloons participated in the fiesta, not a single sponsor
requested their money back after the September cancelation.
We were told numerous times by folks there that the pilot we
had was great and a real nice guy--later confirmed by
us).
With great weather, Dave
and Claudia Woods, and my family participated. Launch 1 was
from Washington Park with Dave , Claudia, Zita and
Alexa.
Pilot: Mike Brown
(below); Hot Air Balloon: Freddie (right)
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