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Organizations

• Balloon Federation of America
• National Balloon Museum
• International Aeronauts League
• Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association

Balloon Clubs

• Arkansas Balloonist Assoc
• Albuquerque Aerostat Ascension Assoc.
• Amarillo Balloon Assoc.
• Arizona Balloon Club
• Balloon Assoc. of Greater Illinois
• Balloon Society of Kentucky
• Ballooning Society of Pikes Peak
• Balloons Over Idaho
• Balloons Over Iowa Club
• Carolinas Balloon Assoc.
• Central Ohio Balloon Club
• Central Texas Ballooning Assoc.
• Colorado Balloon Club
• Connecticut Lighter Than Air Society
• Gateway Aerostatic Assoc.
• Genesee Valley Balloon Assoc.
• Granite State Balloon Assoc.
• Great Eastern Balloon Assoc.
• Great Plains Balloon Club
• Greater Mesilla Valley Aerostat Ascension Assoc.
• Heart of Dixie Balloon Club
• Heart of Missouri Balloon Club
• Iowa Balloonist Assoc.
• John Wise Balloon Society of Central Pennsylvania
• Lone Star Hot Air Balloon Assoc
• McCook Balloon Club
• Metroplex Ballooning Assoc.
• Mid-Mississippi Balloon Club
• Minnesota Ballooning Assoc.
• Montgolfier Society of Indiana
• Northeast Ohio Balloon Pilots Assoc.
• Pacific Coast Aeronauts
• Puget Sound Airship Society
• Sioux Falls Ballooning Assoc.
• Sonoma County Aeronauts
• SouthEastern MI Balloon Assoc.
• Southern California Balloon Assoc.
• Southwest Regional Balloon Club
• Valencia Flying and Retrieval Society
• Western Currents
• Wilamette Aerostat Society
• Wisconsin Balloon Group

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Directories/For Sale

• Balloons Galore
• In the Air Catalog
• Stumpf Balloons Catalog
• Discover Balloons Catalog
• BlastValve
• Aerostatz.com
• HotAirBallooning.com
• Lapel Pins

Balloon Manufacturers

• AeroMagic Balloons
• Aerostar International (parts only)
• Avian Balloon
• Cameron Balloons
• Fantasy Balloons
• Firefly Balloons
• Head Balloons
• Lindstrand Balloons USA
• Lindstrand Balloons U.K.
• National Ballooning, Ltd.
• SkyDyes (Tie-Dyed Balloons)
• Ultra Magic

Balloon Insurance Agencies

• IMC Balloon Agency
• The Schantz Agency
• Evolution Insurance Brokers

Repair Stations

• Balloons over Iowa - Carlisle, IA
• Midwest Balloon Services - Winterset, IA

Ballooning Event Listings

• BalloonEvents.org
• Google - Balloon Events
• AIBF Event List

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Aviation

• Nebr. Dept. of Aeronautics
• Lincoln Flight Standards District Office
• FAA PilotWeb (NOTAMs, TFRs & Weather)
• Balloon Flying Handbook (FAA)
• AC 91-71 Operation of Hot Air Balloons with Airborne Heaters (FAA)
• Pilot Portal USA

Weather - Circular 91 Compliant Sites

• CSC DUATS (Circ. 91)
• DTC DUAT (Circ. 91)
• ADDS METARS/TAF (Circ. 91)
• Wind/Temp Aloft Forecast (FD) (Circ. 91)



Sites listed below are NOT Circular 91 Compliant

What is Circular 91?  Read this article

• Aviation Weather Center - Standard Brief
• National Weather Service - Valley, NE
• Radar Data/VAD Winds (College of DuPage)
• Profiler Sites (College of DuPage)
• Aviation Weather Map AvnWx.com - NEW



Weather Models

• NOAA ARL Current Meteorology
• NWS NGM-LAMP Bulletins
• NWS Experimental GFS-LAMP Forecast
• RUC-2 Automated Forecast (Java plots)
• Download BUFKIT
• Download BUFKIT Data
• National METAR Map



Forecast Maps

• HPC - Hydromet. Prediction Center Maps
• HPC 7-day forecast map (loop)



Weather Summaries

• Air Sports Net Launch Code
• Blastvalve: Nebraska Balloon Weather
• Gretna, NE Davis Weather Station
• Chalco Hills Weather Station
• Balloonist's Wind Forecast for Omaha, NE
• Nebraska Road Conditions
• Iowa Road Conditions



Calculators

• Density Altitude Calculator

History

• Early Years of Sport Ballooning
• Lighter Than Air Vision

World Record Attempts

• Adventure of the Heart

Flight Schools

• The Balloon Flight School
• Liberty Balloon School
• Airborne Heat Ballooning

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