Rates

Rates:
Sightseeing Flight:
About a total 3 1/2-hour experience that will include approximately a 1-hour flight, with after flight celebration and flight certificate.
1 person - $150
2 people - $280
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(a $100 per person non-refundable deposit) (If flight is weathered out, it will be rescheduled)
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Static Display
(Great for advertising and drawing a crowd)
The balloon is set up and never leaves the ground.

$375 – hr for 1^st hr

$75 per 15 minute block thereafter (all times are rounded to the next 15 minute increment.)

$175 non-refundable deposit required
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Tether Display & Rides

Balloon is inflated and attached to ropes. Passengers are taken 50 to 75 feet in the air.

$475 – hr for 1^st hr

$90 per 15 minute block thereafter (all times are rounded to the next 15 minute increment.)
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$175 non-refundable deposit required
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Hot Air Balloon Flight Training

Training to become a Pilot of a Hot Air Balloon on your own

$150 per lesson

$600 non-refundable deposit required This is applied towards the overall trainging bill. Beginning with the 4th lesson, $150 per lesson will be required to be paid. Times for completing training vary from person to person and based on our availability schedule. And as always the weather plays a major role. The FAA requirments for becoming a Hot Air Balloon pilot are;
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The following information is extracted and
simplified from Federal Aviation
Regulations Part 61 - Certification:
Pilots and Flight Instructors. For the
most current information on pilot
requirements please go to www.faa.gov
Subpart C - Student Pilots

A student must be at least 14 years
of age.
Must be able to read, write, speak
and understand the English language.
No medical certificate is required,
but the applicant must certify that
he/she has no known medical defect that makes him unable to pilot a free balloon.
Student Pilot certificates may be issued
by FAA Inspectors or Designated Pilot Examiners.
Student Pilots may solo after
demonstrating to their instructor they
are familiar with Part 91 of the Federal Aviation Regulations, pass a pre-solo
written examination, and are proficient
in the following aspects of balloon
operation: pre-flight preparation,
operation of controls, lift-off and climb, descent and landing, and emergency situations.
A Student Pilot may fly a balloon only under the supervision of a qualified instructor. He/she may
not carry passengers or fly a balloon for hire.

SubPart D - Private Pilots

To be eligible for a free balloon Private Pilot’s Certificate a person must be at least 16 years of age.

Read, write, speak and understand the English language.

No medical certificate is required, but the applicant must certify that he/she has no known medical defect that makes him unable to pilot a free balloon.

The applicant must pass a written test on such items as: (a) Federal Aviation Regulations covering pilot privileges, limitations, and flight procedures, (b) use of navigational charts, (c) recognition of weather conditions and use of weather reports, (d) operating procedures with gas and hot air balloons.

The applicant must have received instruction on the following pilot operations: (a) ground handling and inflation, (b) preflight checks, (c) takeoff and ascents, (d) descents and landings, (e) emergency conditions.

Flight experience must include at least 10 hours of flight instruction in free balloons, which must include at least 6 flights under the supervision of an instructor. These flights must include at least the following: two flights of a least one hour in duration within 60 days of the Practical Test with a Designated Pilot Examiner; one ascent to 2,000 feet above takeoff point; and one solo flight (these requirements are for hot air balloons, requirements for gas balloons vary slightly).

SubPart E - Commercial Pilots

The age requirement for a Commercial
Pilot certificate is 18 years.

Read, write, speak and understand
the English language.

No medical certificate is required, but
the applicant must certify that he/she
has no known medical defect that
makes him unable to pilot a free balloon.

The applicant must pass a more
advanced written test on the subject
matter listed in item 4 required for the
private pilot standards, additional
operating procedures relating to
commercial operations and those
duties required of a flight instructor.

Advanced training must received from
an authorized instructor to include at
least 10 hours of flight training in at
least 10 flights regarding those items
listed in item 5 as required for the private
pilot standards, plus emergency recovery
from a terminal velocity descent.

The applicant for a Commercial
Certificate must hold at least a Private
Pilot Certificate and have at least 35
hours of flight time as a pilot, of which
20 hours must be in a balloon. Flight
time must include 2 solo flights, 2
flights of at least one hour duration
within 60 days of the Practical Test
with a Designated Pilot Examiner, and
one flight to 3,000 feet
above takeoff point.

The holder of a Commercial Pilot’:s
certificate may operate a balloon for
hire and give flight instruction

prices subject to change without notice.