Great Midwest Balloon Fest
Olathe, KS
This weekend, Olathe, KS will host the Great Midwest Balloon Fest on the grounds of the Great Mall of the Great Plains. In its third year being run by Skycab Balloon Promotions, Scott McClinton and his team are bringing all the trailers and four wheelers to set up shop for a competitive and exciting weekend of balloon flying. Friday and Saturday night will be ride and tether operations and a balloon glow split between the pilot groups while Saturday and Sunday mornings will be competitive flights.
Currently the weather looks a bit wet on Friday but clearing up for Saturday morning and for the rest of the weekend. One of the biggest weather challenges over the years has been the wind in the afternoons and this year it might also be windy in the afternoons.
Favorites for the weekend have to be the KC locals to include John Petrehn (last years winner) and Jason Jones. Jason was in first after the Saturday morning flight while flying his ride balloon with four passengers! Others to watch out for will be anyone from Texas and with two good flight opportunities its anyones race.
Updates will be most frequent on our twitter feed here.
Pilot List
1. Scott Armstrong
2. Alan Baird 3. Pat Brouillet 4. Bill Bussey 5. John Cavin 6. Bret Christian 7. Timothy Cloyd 8. Stephen Coffing 9. Hector Corominas, Jr 10. Ben Drennan 11. Charles Edwards 12. Jason Gaines 13. Guy Gauthier 14. Rick Goosey 15. Tim Graham 16. Michael Hadley 17. Pat Harwell 18. Joe Heartsill 19. Rhett Hearsill 20. Brandon Heavin 21. Gary Heavin 22. Jamie Hohman 23. Todd Isley 24. Chris Jones 25. Jason Jones 26. Craig Kennedy 27. Kiman Kingsley 28. Wil LaPointe 29. Richard Lawhorn 30. Steve Libel 31. Matt McClinton 32. Al Muir 33. Michael Oberman 34. Mary Ohmit 35. John Petrehn 36. Kasey Schwemmer 37. Carol Sherman 38. Mark Shoemaker 39. Mike Shrum 40. Gary Sines 41. Bill Smith 42. Michael Stinson 43. Roy Stinson 44. Joel Sturdevant 45. Carlton Sumner 46. Wayne Van Allen 47. Layne Wolters 48. Joel Worthington 49. Bob Gonzales 50. Kevin Witzel 51. Dennis Short 52. Herb Heriford |
Competition Map
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