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Manitowoc Balloon Rally

Saturday, June 6th, 2009
Hot Air Balloon

Hot Air Balloon

Today I attended my first balloon rally – a small one in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Part of the Manitowoc Air Show, the balloon rally featured six balloons, lifting off from the Manitowoc County Airport.

While not big in size, this rally offered the opportunity to be up close and personal with the balloons and their crews. This gave me the opportunity to try out a number of photo opportunities, including being able to photograph the balloons as they were being inflated.

It was an early start though – the balloon prepping started at 5:30 AM, and since Manitowoc is a little more than an hour away from Milwaukee, it was an early start for me. Seeing the balloons lift off and drift away made it all worthwile.

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EAA AirVenture

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

Got an email today from the folks at the Experimental Aircraft Association – this year’s EAA AirVenture is set for July 27 – August 2, 2009.

While we’re a couple of months away from this year’s show, it reminded me of warm summer days and past years’ shows. An air show (particularly one this big) is a great place for plenty of unique photo opportunities, like the picture of Space Ship One shown below.

EAA AirVenture
EAA AirVenture

Pictures taken at the Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture air show.

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Click on the ‘album cover’ to expand the list of pictures, and click on the first picture to scroll through them in an expanded format.

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