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Annual LSHABA Hot Air Ballooning Safety Seminar |
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March.2008 -
March 1, 2008 is the date of the annual hot air ballooning
safety seminar, hosted by the Lone Star Hot Air Balloon
Association. The Safety Seminar will feature presentations
from Don Picard, Rob Schantz, Tom Clutts, Tammy Haynes, and Phil
Bryant and will additionally include panel discussions led by
Austin Young, Joe Reynolds and Dan and Patty Lawlor . TAA's Chief Pilot Dale Tibodeau served as one
of the session organizers and he thus welcomes interested pilots/crew to send
TAA requests for the agenda and registration forms. |
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Valentines Day Special |
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January.2008
- TODO Magazine, a high-style magazine dedicated to the best of
dining, shopping, sightseeing and services, spotlighted Texas
Air Adventures' Unforgettable Romance Package in it's list of
most recommended Valentines Day gifts. What an honor! |
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Grand Prize Winner -The Woodlands Showcase of Homes |
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January.2008 -
Susan Vreeland-Wendt, Director of Marketing for The Woodlands
Development Company, named Ronna Hardage as the grand prize
winner of a Texas Air Adventures Explorer Balloon Ride for 2
from West Houston. Hardage was one of approximately 15,000
people that participated in the recent Village at Creekside Park
tour of homes and registered for the wonderful give-aways
donated by The Woodlands Development Company. |
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Featured Spotlight |
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December.2007 -
The December, 2007 "Around Town" column of The Woodlands
Lifestyles & Homes magazine featured a beautiful photo of TAA's
Blew Bayou balloon and mention of TAA's role in the
dedication ceremony for the Village At Creekside Park. |
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Balloonmeister - The Woodlands Balloon Festival |
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October.2007 -
TAA was commissioned to host the first ever balloon festival at
The Woodlands, Texas in conjunction with the grand opening of
The Village At Creekside Park. The festival, which was
held October 19-20. 2007 featured the static display of six
beautiful balloons. The very special event also recognized
the 33rd birthday of The Woodlands, a master planned community
that was the vision of George Mitchell. |
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A
Year of Beauty & Pageantry |
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October.2007 -
Texas Air Adventures proudly participated in five festivals in
year 2007. Those festivals included Plano, NASA Ballunar,
Amarillo (Pirates of The Canyon), Sugarland and The Woodlands. |
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The
Best of the Best |
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July.2007 -
Dale Tibodeau (TAA's chief pilot) was invited to compete with
the top 50 pilots in the country at the BFA's annual national
competition for the honor of representing the USA at the world
ballooning competition. Tibodeau scored 43rd in the 2007
competition - a feat that we were all quite proud of! |
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Featured
Speakers |
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February.2007 -
TAA's own Dale & Laura Tibodeau served as guest speakers for the
LSHABA annual Safety Seminar. Their speech discussed safe
lifting and material handling techniques for balloonists. |
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Featured Photo's |
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November.2006 -
The Gas Division Newsletter (which is an official
publication of the BFA Gas Division) featured photos from TAA's
staff photographer in their November, 2006 newsletter (Volume 7,
Issue 3) article on "America's Challenge 2006". |
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Our
New Cover Girl |
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August
23.2006 - Houston
Chronicle feature reporter Natalie Torentinos and
photographer Meenu Bhardwaj recently experienced hot air
ballooning Texas Air Adventures style. Natalie chronicled
her experience in Section E of the August 23, 2006 edition of
the Chronicle (also available online at
Houston Chronicle Feature Story). We were simply awed
by Natalie's thoughtful description of the experience and
Meenu's gorgeous photographs. |
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Docking With The Space Shuttle |
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August 9.2006
- The Houston Chronicle Style & Living Flyer featured a
beautiful picture of TAA's Blew Bayou balloon "docking with an
inflatable space shuttle". The image was taken during a
competition event at a previous Ballunar Festival & is part of
an awareness campaign for Ballunar, 2006. |
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Children are our Future |
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July 20.2006
- Tyler TV Station KLTV featured interviews with two of the TAA junior
balloonist crew
members (Cassidy and Allison) who participated in the BFA's
annual
Summer Balloon Camp held in Tyler, Texas July 16-20. TAA was well represented at the BFA
Ballooning Youth Camp with four
volunteer Youth Camp Counselors and five campers. For online registration forms for
the 2007 BFA Ballooning Youth Camp see:
BFA
Camp Registration Form |
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Local Realtor
Celebrates Her Birthday TAA Style |
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July 15.2006 - Al Jimenez recently surprised his wife Rosa with a
wondrous TAA hot air balloon birthday ride package. Rosa
(a top producing realtor with MyLocalRealty.Com) so loved the
experience that she created a webpage spotlighting the photo's
from the experience. Please enjoy this
link
to images from her special day. |
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What
An Honor! |
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June, 2006. AirTran
Airways named Texas Air Adventures balloon flight packages as
the
#4 US outdoor adventure in the June, 2006 issue of their
online travel magazine! We are so honored to be listed in
such fine company. Thank-you to whoever nominated us! |
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Into
The Wind |
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February
12.2006 - Chris Page,
an IT Consultant turned independent movie producer & director
debuted his first film "Into the Wind" at the Santa Barbara Film
Festival (and then Houston Chronicle Worldfest) to
great reviews.
We could not have been prouder that his documentary film
featured
footage of our beautiful Blew Bayou balloon or that he has
won so many acclaimed honors. Way to go, Chris! |
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Richmond State
School Balloon Glow |
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December
14.2005 - The Fort Bend
Herald Newspaper featured a photograph of Texas Air Adventures'
Blew Bayou balloon during the evening balloon glow held in
conjunction with the Richmond State School's annual parade of
lights display. We were happy to do our part supporting
this great cause for the
mentally ill. |
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Making
Wishes Come True |
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December
3.2005 - Texas Air
Adventures proudly participated in Hamilton Metals 2005
Make-A-Wish Christmas party to benefit children who are
terminally ill. It was a very special day and we were
happy to do what we could to help. |
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The
Gift of Giving |
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October 3
to December 10, 2005 - Over the past
few months, we all witnessed the devastation left by Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita. Amateur radio operators across the
United States have teamed with the Salvation Army to get new
toys to children of the Gulf Coast left in need by nature's
fury.
TAA sent sent
a few of our Hallmark bears (the same ones used in our
Unforgettable Package) to the ARRL toy drive for those in need.
We urge you to also do what you can for this important cause.
New toys should be sent to:
ARRL
Toy Drive/ Salvation Army
1775
Moriah Woods Blvd - Suite 12
Memphis,
TN 38117=7125
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Inspiring
Our Nation's Future Aviators |
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November
30.2005 - Career
counselor Sylvia Harris thanked the Texas Air Adventures Staff
for their participation in WI Stevenson Middle Schools' 2005 Career
Day.
WI Stevenson Middle
School is an HISD math and science magnet school. Sylvia
organizes the Career Day each year as a way to introduce her
school's middle school students to possible career
opportunities. We appreciated the opportunity to talk to
Sylvia's students about careers in aviation and the benefits and
challenges of owning one's own business. |
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She's Here... |
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August, 2005 - Texas Air
Adventures introduced the the newest hot air ride balloon for
commercial passenger rides in the Houston
area in August, 2005. She was named "Chameleon" since her coloration is
different from every viewing perspective. She is an
absolutely beauty and we can't wait for you to see her!
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In
Support of Hot Air Ballooning |
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Texas
Air Adventure's Chief Pilot was elected as the Secretary of the
Lone Star Hot Air Balloon Association of Houston for year
2005-2006 and 2006-2007. Dale hope's to help rekindle the spirit of the LSHABA. If you have interest in joining the LSHABA (or in
becoming a volunteer crew member), please call Texas Air
Adventures at 281-379-3165. |
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In Tribute |
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Paul Nering, a volunteer crew member
for Texas Air Adventures, passed away February 12, 2005
after a two-week stay in intensive care at Memorial City
Hospital. Paul will long be remembered for his
quick/dry wit and his love of everything to do with
aviation, but especially his engineering career
supporting NASA's space programs, his service as a
fixed-wing flight instructor, and his presence in the
Houston hot-air balloon community. Our well wishes
extend to his wife (Joan) and daughter (Dale) during
this most difficult time. |
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Our
Citizenship in Action |
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Let's Elevate The
Houston Community
Texas Air
Adventures
served as the feature entertainment for Conoco Phillips' 2004 United Way
pledge drive kick-off on their Houston campus. We appreciated the opportunity to be
part of this worthwhile event & hope that our gift contribution motivated
others to also generously contribute. |
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Sharing the Art of
Flying With Potential Future Aeronauts
Texas Air Adventures
served as the feature presentation of the August,2004 Civil Air Patrol
(Thunderbird Composite Squadron) meeting. Our chief pilot
instructed the cadets on the
how-to's of flying a lighter than air aircraft (hot air balloon) and
then gave tethered rides to the entire squadron.
More About CAP Demo |
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Making a Difference For
The Breast Cancer Foundation
Texas Air Adventures, LLC proudly donated one hot air balloon ride to the
2003 Southwest Flying Club Charity Banquet/Silent Auction held in October. The money raised at this
year's silent auction was donated to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation. |
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Texas Highways Magazine
Once honored, twice proud. We were certainly
surprised, honored, and very proud to find our "Blew Bayou" balloon featured
within
the August, 2004 edition of Texas Highways Magazine.
Texas Highways August, 2004 - Up, Up, & Away
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BFA
The Balloon Federation of America (BFA) featured a picture of
Texas Air Adventures' balloon
in it's December, 2003 magazine article about the 2003 Ballunar Festival
(held annually in Clear Lake, Tx). We sure appreciated the nice reference! |
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Texas Highways Magazine
We were certainly honored when our "Blew Bayou" balloon was featured on
the August, 2002 cover of Texas Highways Magazine.
What an amazing surprise it was to see our balloon featured on the cover of one of our
favorite magazines!
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