Corn Palace Balloon Rally
Mitchell, South Dakota is home to the world famous Corn Palace and the Soukup & Thomas International Balloon and Airship Museum. In addition to its annual balloon rally this year, Mitchell played host to the First Governor's Cup Balloon Challenge.

U.S. National Hot Air Balloon Championship
Columbia, Missouri was experiencing a drought until the balloons arrived in town. With them came bad weather and half the scheduled flights were missed. Four competition flights and 11 tasks may be a record low for this championship.

Dymocks Odyssey Flyer - An Upadate
This winter Bob Martin and John Wallington plan on taking off from Australia, fly to 130,000 feet and circumnavigate the globe. Balloon Life spoke with former team member Troy Bardley about some of the risks involved.
Bradley's letter of resignation.
Dymocks Flight Team

Reach for the Stars
Per Lindstrand and Colin Prescot plan to fly in an open gondola wearing Russian made spacesuits to 130,000 feet.
The Space Team

Calendar

Preflight
News and Information

Balloon Life Marketplace
Products and Services for sale

Balloonmeister
Tom Barrow

Logbook
Alton, Illinois
Louisville, Kentucky
Alton, New Mexico

Freeflight
Nit Pickini
Don Piccard

Postflight
Letters to the Editor

Hangar Flying
with George Denniston
Tangled Up in Temecula

Cover Illustration: Shamu makes an appearance in the Pacific Northwest at the Kent International Balloon Rally. Photo by Joseph DeRenzo