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"Once you have flown, you will walk the Earth with your eyes turned
skyward, for there you have been, and there you long to return..."
- Leonardo da Vinci
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"I Love to Fly"
 flying
over the Platte River with Sharon S.
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Scenic Wind
Balloon
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Steve Lacroix, first became involved in ballooning in 1989 when his
Commercial Pilot cousin, Jeff ask him to come help with some flights in
CA. After his first flight experience, and seeing the joy that the
balloons created with people he realized that this was sport he wanted
to become active in. After many years of crewing for other pilots, in
2003, his dream of becoming a pilot was realized.
Many flights as the pilot
and further training has earned him, his Commercial
Pilot License and now
he can share his love of flying with others. Steve is a
drywall finisher by trade when
he's not following his passion of
ballooning.
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Celebration |
Celebrate Too
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flying over ground mist |
210 cu.ft
vs.
77.5 cu.ft |
Steve &
Herbie
Husker
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Propane Addiction's
new Nomax
scoop |
Our balloon is a FAA registered aircraft which is officially inspected
annually. Care is taken to maintain its excellent airworthiness status.
We currently have 2 balloons, the newest is
named Celebrate
Too which holds 142,000 cu.ft. of air when inflated.
It was designed to look as much like Celebration
as possible. It's basket holds 7 passengers + pilot.
Someone trying to explain the size in
comparison to understandable terms as: Imagine trying to put 142,000
basketballs inside the envelope that is how big it is. It stands about
80 feet tall and manufactured by Kubicek Balloons.
Also in our fleet
is
Celebration.
Designed by Steve from a
balloon template and colored by crayons and was built by National
Balloons in Winterset, IA. It holds 105,000 cu.ft. of air. We took possession April of
2010.
Propane Addiction
was
named for Steve’s love of the
sport, and it's fuel source it was an Aerostar RX8, holding 90,000 cu.
ft. of air, but was retired in 2011. Second Wind
was a 77,500
cu. ft. envelope built by Ken Kennedy of Broken Bow, NE and was Steve's
first balloon. It was sold to a student pilot and now is retired from
flying. Elane is the chief driver of
the chase vehicle and has spent many years as chase crew after an
introduction to hot air balloon flying in Colorado Springs in
1993. She enjoys seeing others get to experience the joy of flight in a
balloon.
Our crew consists of many people
in the area that enjoy being outdoors and helping with the set up, chase
and pack up of the balloons. Many are members of the
Nebraska
Balloon Club.
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We have an A+ rating with the
BBB of Nebraska
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News release on why not to fly non-local.
BBB report of why not to fly non-local ride. |
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