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NBC Pilots at the 2006 National Balloon Classic, Indianola, IA
Photo credits: Paul Craven

Matthew Grote approaches the target

Rob Skiba in Kryptonite

The crew of Wild Goose guides her to a landing

Steve Lacroix leads the pack

Columbus, NE Rally July 14-16, 2006:

Friday evening launch preparations

Friday evening's flight heads over town

Saturday morning launch

Greeting the dawn

Tracking northeast over the airport

Council Bluffs Community Pride Week Parade May 20, 2006:

Propane Addiction and Blue Taz lift off together, 5/20/06

Nathan, Matthew, Ron, Tom and Rick warming up

Steve Lacroix rises to the occasion

Matthew shows the crowd that ballooning is a blast

Dreamtime and Crew at Squire John Thomas Elementary, Gretna 5/24/06

Yellow Bird and Blue Olive over the Elkhorn River, 5/6/06

The Lacroix's new balloon on their maiden flight, 4/28/06

Feeding the Propane Addiction, 4/28/06

Eight NBC balloons prepare to fly from Lake Zorinsky, 4/22/06

Morgan Fenster and Emmy Konvalin looking on

Six-balloon flight from Lake Zorinsky 4-8-2006:

(l-r): Third Priority, Kryptonite and Dreamtime

Matthew Grote preparing to launch

Matthew's crew walk him out of the flight line

Rich Jaworski watches Grote's departure while Matt Fenster raises Third Priority

(l-r): Kryptonite, Grote's not Rich, and Second Wind

(l-r) Grote's not Rich, Third Priority, Second Wind and Dreamtime over West Omaha

Ring out the old and ring in the new;
Grote & Jaworski, New Year's Eve 2005

Jaworski & crew at Hudson, Feb. 3, 2006

NBC members at the IBA Safety Seminar March, 2006

Rich Jaworski honored as IBA's 2006 Pilot of the Year

NBC Banquet January 21, 2006 at Farmer Brown's in Waterloo   Photo credits: Steve Palash

The Wollens and Elsassers

Jim Gunhus (r) receives the 'Pyronaut' award from last year's winner, Matthew Grote

Wayne Morhing (r) presents the 'Turkey' award to Steve Lacroix

Mark Enholm (r) shares his memories of Russel 'Uncle Bud' Kiehl, for whom the NBC Crew of the Year award is named

Rick Wollen (l) receives the 2006 Crew of the Year award from Gene Elsasser

First flight of 2006: Lake Zorinsky
January 7, 2006

50 degrees in January?

Ice skating, anyone? Blue Olive, RE/Max
and Dreamtime

Celebrating Rich's 1st tether of Adventure of the Heart 12/12/05

Inflating Adventure of the Heart, Lake Zorinsky 1/7/06

Adventure of the Heart 1/7/06

Cole Skiba meets Kryptonite 12/23/05

Glenda gets into Kryptonite

Kryptonite's First inflation

Birth of a Superhero

Captain K

"Spandex is not for everyone!"

Lift-off at the Great Plains Balloon Race, Sioux Falls, SD, June 2005

Saturday morning sunrise flight at Wakefield 2005

BalloonHilda at Wakefield 2005

IWCC LTA Balloon Fair 2005

IWCC LTA Balloon Fair 2005

IWCC LTA Balloon Fair 2005

Matthew Grote in flight, August, 2005

NBC Club Picnic Flight, 7/16/05

Pacific Springs Fly-over, 7/1/05

NBC Memorial Day Flight 5/30/05

NBC Memorial Day Flight 5/30/05

NBC Memorial Day Flight 5/30/05

Matthew Grote's Solo Flight 5/15/05

1st Wakefield, NE Rally - 10/30/04

IWCC LTA Balloon Fair 8/20/04

NBC Club Flight, Glenwood, IA 9/25/04

Peterson, Lacroix, Elsasser, Gretna, NE 9/26/04

Mr. Twister in flight May, 2005

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