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Come join us at the 1st Annual See Our Children Soar Balloon Festival in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The US Flag Balloon- America One, and The Space Shuttle Balloon- Patriot will be flying with 33 other balloons this weekend at the Ludwig's Corner See Our Children Soar Balloon Festival. For more information and photos from this mornings' festivities please check out the photos at www.seeourchildrensoar.org You can also get flight times and a map to the field if you so desire to visit us this weekend. Or our normal web site at and click on the link to today's photos. From...

The US Flag Balloon, America One will be in El Paso, Texas for Memorial Day. Please come out to the balloon festival and say, "Hello!" This will be our first official appearance this year and our first ever in the great state of Texas! For more information: America One web site Please come out just to say, "Hi" or if you are brave, you can help us with the balloon.

The Albuquerque International Ballon Fiesta was held October 4-12, 2003. The star attractions of the event, in my humble opinion, were the America One and Patriot special shape balloons, owned by freeperess Abner and her husband (and America One pilot) Victim of Circumstance. Bob J and I flew to Albuquerque on Wednesday to attend the festival. On Thursday morning we gleefully woke up at 3:30am (that is 2:30am Los Angeles time) to attend the mass assension of the special shape balloons. We drove to the field with abner, VOC, and their very dedicated crew (including FR's own Taxman, Crew Chief...

Last year we unveiled America One, the US Flag Balloon to great fanfare and a wonderful reception where ever we traveled. In September 2002 we decided that since America One had been such a great success, why not a space shuttle? So, in November with plans in hand we ordered 'Patriot'. This year we will be bringing both America One & Patriot all over the country and handing out pocket Constitutions. Check our event schedule often to see if we will be in your area. A Patriot preview! For more photos of the test flight of 'Patriot', you can go...