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Thunderbird Balloon & Air Classic

The 30th annual Thunderbird Balloon & Air Classic was held at Glendale Airport (Arizona) this year. As part of the Windtracker Balloon Adventures crew, I took these shots. .
Up and Away
Up and Away		 A Great Day for Flying
A Great Day for Flying		 Filled Sky
Filled Sky		 Deflated Energizer Bunny
Deflated Energizer Bunny
Kinno the K9
Kinno the K9		 Heading Upward
Heading Upward		 Red Baron Pizza Team
Red Baron Pizza Team		 Straight Up
Straight Up
Drifting Away
Drifting Away		 Energizer Bunny
Energizer Bunny		 Windtracker
Windtracker		 Upside Down
Upside Down
F-15 & P-38 Fly-by
F-15 & P-38 Fly-by		 B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17 Flying Fortress		 Spitfire
Spitfire		 TBM Avenger
TBM Avenger
F-117 Nighthawk
F-117 Nighthawk		 F-86 Sabre
F-86 Sabre		 Wing Tip to Wing Tip
Wing Tip to Wing Tip		 Arizona Cardinals Cheerleaders
Arizona Cardinals Cheerleaders
Fly-by
Fly-by		 Filling up Kinno
Filling up Kinno		 Checking the Envelope
Checking the Envelope		 The Awaiting Ground Crew
The Awaiting Ground Crew
Afterburners
Afterburners		 Up & Down
Up & Down		 Sky Diver
Sky Diver		 Holding Kinno Down
Holding Kinno Down
Almost Ready to Fly
Almost Ready to Fly		 Fly-by the Moon
Fly-by the Moon		 Australian Classic
Australian Classic		 Biplanes
Biplanes
Spitefire & C-47
Spitefire & C-47

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Guest 28-Jan-2005 09:09
Hello!

I was one of the pilots there. You have a shot of the balloon I was flying that day. It is red, white and blue, and you can barely tell it has words on the side. It says "where imagination takes flight." It belongs to the Civil Air Patrol, United States Air Force Auxillary, and was on loan to us from Illinois. We have our OWN balloon now. I also own one personally.

Martin Maxwell
Pilot, AZ Wing Civil Air Patrol
Hot Air Balloon Team
Don Northup09-Jun-2004 15:04
nice assortment, interesting and appealing. cheers
Guest 06-Apr-2004 08:22
nice images from the Glendale show.. it was a great weekend even if the wind messed with part of it. my airshow images are split between airshows and balloon events, hope you'll visit my galleries too. www.laryl.com
Laryl
http://www.pbase.com/w_d_p/laryl
Ron Horloff29-Mar-2004 17:04
Great photos, Clayton. I hope you add some more.

Ron
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