2011 Ballunar Promo
2011 Ballunar Liftoff and BFA Southwest Regional Championship
October 21-23, 2011 balloons will fill the Houston skyline as they return to compete at NASA Johnson Space Center. In addition to great glows, pilot amenities, and competition, pilots will have the chance to complete the Shuttle Rendezvous by placing a ring over the nose of an inflatable space shuttle for a share of the allotted prize money. Pilots will be competing for both overall and individual task prize money throughout the weekend and celebrating the 50th year of NASA as well as the end of the Shuttle program.
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To register for the event go to Ballunar's site
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2011 BFA Balloon Camp
BFA Junior Balloonist Camp - Albion, Mi
by Tom Jones
The BFA Jr. Balloonist Hot Air Balloon Camp is under way in Albion, Michigan this week. The camp is running from Sunday afternoon 17-Jul to Thursday afternoon 21-Jul. We have nineteen campers from eight different states (MI, IN, IL, OH, NY, PA, AZ, CA) attending this year at Albion, Michigan. Activites have included sessions on a basket search (find ballooning components like blast valve, fuel connections, fire extingisher, instruments, etc) on a Cameron, Aerostar and two Firefly baskets as well on balloon construction by Kim Wooge.
2011 Pong National Ranking
Pong Debuts National Ranking System for First Time
By popular demand and through careful consideration and analysis BalloonPong has developed its own National Ranking system and has rolled it out for the first time. We found the easiest way to develop a standard scoring system was to base it on the current BFA National Ranking system. Above you'll find the first installment in a series that will carry on throughout the rest of 2011 as scores are updated in the BFA's ranking system.
2011 Pong Ranking V2
New Pong Rankings Released
The second edition of the 2011 BalloonPong ranking is now available. A number of new pilots have entered the field as they have accumulated enough tasks to earn an average. Again all data was obtained through the BFA's website here.
2011 Pong Ranking v3
New Pong Rankings Available
This summer's third edition of the Pong rankings are now available through the link below. Drew Egerton continues to top the list, but rumor has it he is returning to action soon so look for some updated scores in the near future. The list is now up to sixty-eight pilots so check in and see how everyone is stacking up. As always the data used was obtained through the BFA's website here. For an explanation of how we created our ranking click here.
One on One with Johnny Petrehn
Pong Columnist Travis Vencel sits down with 2-Time World Champion Johnny Petrehn
Recently BalloonPong had the opportunity to talk with John Petrehn to discuss his recent World Championship and his accomplishments in ballooning.
