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A couple months ago I made a post about the Natche

A couple months ago I made a post about the Natchez Balloon Festival's official t-shirt/poster for this year's event and the inspiration photo behind the poster. That photo was taken by Ben Hillyer of the local newspaper, The Natchez Democrat, a couple years ago in the midst of Covid during a night glow on the bluff. Yesterday, I was privileged to get to take his family and another longtime event volunteer for their first flight over the Miss-Lou landscape!

It was a beautiful crisp and sunny morning as we got to fly from Louisiana into Mississippi and back into Louisiana again over Giles Island, the area that has been my favorite place to fly for a while now! Great wind steerage for navigating to a local airport for landing on a nice dry ramp! 😉

Huge thanks to all the crew that came out to help! Some pics and videos below, including the poster and inspiration photo at the bottom.

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Velocity Ballooning had a GREAT morning giving tet

Velocity Ballooning had a GREAT morning giving tether rides to students of the Natchez Middle School's Flight & Space Engineering class! It was so cool to introduce the students to Hot Air Ballooning and give practical, hands-on experience to what they have been studying in class. Huge thanks to Ms. Elizabeth Gail Greer, their teacher, and the administration of the Natchez-Adams School District for allowing us to come in to do this on their grounds with their students today. It will be an experience they will NEVER forget!!

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Velocity Ballooning had a GREAT morning giving tet

Velocity Ballooning had a GREAT morning giving tether rides to students of the Natchez Middle School’s Flight & Space Engineering class! It was so cool to introduce the students to Hot Air Ballooning and give practical, hands-on experience to what they have been studying in class. Huge thanks to Ms. Elizabeth Gail Greer, their teacher, and the administration of the Natchez-Adams School District for allowing us to come in to do this on their grounds with their students today. It will be an experience they will NEVER forget!!

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Back in 2020, in the midst of the COVID Crisis, we

Back in 2020, in the midst of the COVID Crisis, we made our usual trek down to Natchez during October. Although there was not an official balloon festival, several regular festival pilots showed up to put balloons in the air for the public. During a glow one breezy evening, we were one of the very few who tethered for the community up on the bluff in the historic district. During the glow, and at just the right moment, and from just the right perspective, Ben Hillyer snapped this amazing picture of Oasis glowing, with a masked person on a balcony in the foreground. The timing and conditions all aligned for the shot. It was the inspiration image for the 2022 poster for the Natchez Balloon Festival. Velocity Ballooning is very proud to have one of our balloons serve as that inspiration! The original image and poster are posted below. Please visit Ben's Instagram page to check out his other work. https://www.instagram.com/willbhill/

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Another OUTSTANDING Natchez Balloon Festival is in

Another OUTSTANDING Natchez Balloon Festival is in the books. An exhausting yet extremely awesome and fulfilling past week. A HUGE thanks to my sponsors this year, Sango Buick GMC and Ferriday Flying Service! Balloon festivals cost money, a lot of it, and they cannot happen without the support of great sponsors. I am blessed to have THE BEST of them!!

An equally huge thanks to ALL the crew that helped not only myself, but many other pilots here at the festival. We could do none of this without competent and willing crew! Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!! We even had our sponsors and friends from the Centralia Balloon Fest make the trek down to help crew again this year. That's true dedication! Thanks Macz Funeral Homes! Again, to everyone, THANK YOU!!

The weekend was appropriately capped off with a great flight in a Piper Clipper with my good friend and talented pilot, Casey Novak.

Time to rest a couple days then back to some more Mississippi balloon flying.

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Another great flight this morning at the Natchez B

Another great flight this morning at the Natchez Balloon Festival! Even had a few decent throws on the target.

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A couple great flights over the past day as we ent

A couple great flights over the past day as we enter the weekend Natchez Balloon Festival. Thanks to our awesome sponsors, Sango Buick GMC & Ferriday Flying Service!

That green balloon looks awfully familiar...😁

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A great first flight to kick off the Natchez Ballo

A great first flight to kick off the Natchez Balloon Festival 2022 week with 2 great passengers and a beautiful flight from Mississippi to Louisiana over the Mighty Mississippi River and the Natchez bridge. We had to climb to 5000' to get the track we needed to get across the river into Louisiana.

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After a rainy afternoon/evening, Velocity Ballooni

After a rainy afternoon/evening, Velocity Ballooning had a super night of giving the students and alumni of Blackburn College tether rides on campus for their Homecoming weekend for over 3 1/2 hours! It was a great night with great people under the dark and cool skies of Carlinville, IL.

We even had the privilege of having the Balloon Federation of America's crew member of the year for our region, Mr. Lonny Jeanes help out! 😎 And of course 2 of Velocity Ballooning's best as well, Kimberly Vitense & Bryden Vitense ❤️

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The 50th anniversary of The Great Forest Park Ball

The 50th anniversary of The Great Forest Park Balloon Race is in the books. Velocity Ballooning is privileged to have finished in third place yesterday alongside the first place winner and race founder, Dan Schettler! 🥳

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Velocity Ballooning had a great flight last night

Velocity Ballooning had a great flight last night to kick of the 50th anniversary of The Great Forest Park Balloon Race and we're now enjoying an early Friday morning ground tether at Emerson's Central Fields for our great sponsor, Visit Missouri!

Come on out for tonight's glow and tomorrow's afternoon flight!
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Today was a beautiful day for Velocity Ballooning

Today was a beautiful day for Velocity Ballooning to attach the banner of our sponsor for the 50th anniversary of The Great Forest Park Balloon Race! We have the distinct privilege of flying one of the race's newest sponsors, Visit Missouri, with the Missouri Division of Tourism! And there's no better way to promote tourism in the Show-Me state than from the serene environment of a Hot Air Balloon, floating peacefully through our great state's skies!!

We're looking forward to a Thursday afternoon fight over the metro area, an amazing glow on Friday night at Forest Park's Emerson Central Fields, and an awe-inspiring mass ascension of 50 balloons from the same fields in the park on Saturday afternoon. Keep your eyes up and come out to enjoy a breathtaking weekend and long-standing tradition here in St. Louis for the 50th running of the balloon race!
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Velocity Ballooning "squeezed" in another beautifu

Velocity Ballooning "squeezed" in another beautiful Saturday morning with 2 fantastic customers before the weekend rain and wind moved in...again...

We're getting excited for the 50th running of The Great Forest Park Balloon Race coming up next weekend!! Keep your eyes to the sky for a lot of balloons in the air Thursday and Saturday afternoons if the weather cooperates. And come out for the glow Friday night for an amazing show!

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In spite of the crummy weather that decided to sho

In spite of the crummy weather that decided to show up to St. Louis for the holiday weekend, the clouds cleared away for a few hours to enjoy a beautiful Saturday evening fight with great customers!

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Friday evening fun! #velocityballooning #fridaynig

Friday evening fun! #velocityballooning #fridaynight

Another great set of customers!! #velocityballooni

Another great set of customers!!
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Another great balloon festival is in the books!!

Another great balloon festival is in the books!!

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Happy National Aviation Day! #velocityballooning #splashndash

Velocity Ballooning has officially kicked off the

Velocity Ballooning has officially kicked off the 2022 flying season here in St. Louis. It was an awesome cool march evening over St. Charles County today. First time taking 5 passengers all under the age of 16! Our outstanding guests ranged in age from 6 to 15, and we all had a blast. A great way to start the season!

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