Hot Air Balloon

02/15/2026

Models of SpaceX's Hopper. One for me and one as a gift for our son for his upcoming birthday.

03/22/2025

From hot air balloons to Starship
Truman Word interviewed on the Para motor Podcast

In this episode of The Paramotor Podcast, I sit down with Truman Word — a materials engineer at SpaceX and a licensed hot air balloon pilot.Truman played a v...

01/30/2025

Time to start planning for spring and summer travel!!
Available in paperback (large) and Kindle forms.

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01/30/2025

New bumper sticker

10/31/2024

First flight at Fiesta '24!

10/17/2024

our own pilot Truman Word featured on KOAT on opening day Fiesta 2024

09/26/2024

TBT-Angelfire NM winter balloon rally (when they had two rallies per year)circa 1985 ish? Diane Donges Word Roy Rj Kalblinger Damon Doran Daril Doran & Shirley.
It was during this particular apres ballooning event that I learned I'm a much better pilot than a skier.

09/15/2024

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The Science of Flight - Lighter Than Air. In this episode we're at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta to look into the history and science behind ...

09/10/2024

I woke up to this early morning site of my Hot Air Balloon lantern still going just as dawn (over the Plumbago bush. Thx to super crew Alba n Patrick Cereceres. We never see you all enough anymore