Remembering Friends
Last September Alan Fraenckel and John Stuart-Jervis were killed when their balloon was shot out of the sky in Belarus. Michael Fairbanks remembers the two aeronauts during a happier Gordon Bennett race.

Two for the Record Books
Bill Bussey and Jetta Schantz combine resources to assault different duration records at the same time.

Aerophile 5500
Two Frenchmen reinvent the balloon. Their electrically controlled gas balloon is designed to provide tether rides.

Calendar

Preflight
News and Information

Repair Station
Envelope Preservation

Legal Log
Organizing Business Income & Expenses for Tax Purposes - Part 6

Balloon Life Marketplace
Products and Services for sale

Balloonmeister
Bill Cunningham

Logbook
4th Annual Siskiyou Balloon Faire
Mesilla Valley Balloon Rally
Great Forest Park Balloon Race

Postflight
Letters to the Editor

Freeflight
Don Piccard
Spot Landings

Hangar Flying
with George Denniston
The Unidentified Falling Object

Cover Photo: Bill Bussey and Jetta Schantz prepare to launch for their record setting flights
Photo: Mike Mills