NBC Pilots at the 2006 National Balloon Classic, Indianola, IA Photo credits: Paul Craven
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 Matthew Grote approaches the target
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 Rob Skiba in Kryptonite
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 The crew of Wild Goose guides her
to a landing
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 Steve Lacroix leads the pack
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Columbus, NE Rally July 14-16, 2006:
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 Friday evening launch preparations
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 Friday evening's flight heads over town
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 Saturday morning launch
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 Greeting the dawn
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 Tracking northeast over the airport
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Council Bluffs Community Pride Week Parade May 20, 2006:
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 Propane Addiction and Blue Taz lift off together, 5/20/06
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 Nathan, Matthew, Ron, Tom and Rick warming up
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 Steve Lacroix rises to the occasion
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 Matthew shows the crowd that ballooning is a blast
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 Dreamtime and Crew at Squire John
Thomas Elementary, Gretna 5/24/06
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 Yellow Bird and Blue Olive over the Elkhorn River, 5/6/06
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 The Lacroix's new balloon on their maiden flight, 4/28/06
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 Feeding the Propane Addiction, 4/28/06
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 Eight NBC balloons prepare to fly from Lake Zorinsky, 4/22/06
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 Morgan Fenster and Emmy Konvalin looking on
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Six-balloon flight from Lake Zorinsky 4-8-2006:
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 (l-r): Third Priority, Kryptonite and Dreamtime
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 Matthew Grote preparing to launch
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 Matthew's crew walk him out of the flight line
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 Rich Jaworski watches Grote's departure while
Matt Fenster raises Third Priority |
 (l-r): Kryptonite, Grote's not Rich, and Second Wind
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 (l-r) Grote's not Rich, Third Priority, Second Wind and Dreamtime over West Omaha
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 Ring out the old and ring in the new; Grote & Jaworski, New Year's Eve 2005
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 Jaworski & crew at Hudson, Feb. 3, 2006
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 NBC members at the IBA Safety Seminar March, 2006
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 Rich Jaworski honored as IBA's 2006 Pilot of the Year
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NBC Banquet January 21, 2006 at Farmer Brown's in Waterloo Photo credits: Steve Palash
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 The Wollens and Elsassers
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 Jim Gunhus (r) receives the 'Pyronaut' award from last year's winner, Matthew Grote
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 Wayne Morhing (r) presents the 'Turkey' award to Steve Lacroix
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 Mark Enholm (r) shares his memories of Russel 'Uncle Bud' Kiehl, for whom the NBC Crew of the Year award is named
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 Rick Wollen (l) receives the 2006 Crew of the Year award from Gene Elsasser
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 First flight of 2006: Lake Zorinsky January 7, 2006
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 50 degrees in January?
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 Ice skating, anyone? Blue Olive, RE/Max and Dreamtime
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 Celebrating Rich's 1st tether of Adventure of the Heart 12/12/05
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 Inflating Adventure of the Heart, Lake Zorinsky 1/7/06
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 Adventure of the Heart 1/7/06
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 Cole Skiba meets Kryptonite 12/23/05
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 Glenda gets into Kryptonite
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 Kryptonite's First inflation
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 Birth of a Superhero
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 Captain K
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 "Spandex is not for everyone!"
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 Lift-off at the Great Plains Balloon Race, Sioux Falls, SD, June 2005
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 Saturday morning sunrise flight at Wakefield 2005
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 BalloonHilda at Wakefield 2005
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 IWCC LTA Balloon Fair 2005
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 IWCC LTA Balloon Fair 2005
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 IWCC LTA Balloon Fair 2005
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 Matthew Grote in flight, August, 2005
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 NBC Club Picnic Flight, 7/16/05
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 Pacific Springs Fly-over, 7/1/05
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 NBC Memorial Day Flight 5/30/05
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 NBC Memorial Day Flight 5/30/05
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 NBC Memorial Day Flight 5/30/05
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 Matthew Grote's Solo Flight 5/15/05
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 1st Wakefield, NE Rally - 10/30/04
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 IWCC LTA Balloon Fair 8/20/04
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 NBC Club Flight, Glenwood, IA 9/25/04
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 Peterson, Lacroix, Elsasser, Gretna, NE 9/26/04
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 Mr. Twister in flight May, 2005
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Go to Photo Album - Volume 1
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