Top Gun Balloon Club has renewed the Letter of Authorization with AATC effective March, 2025. You may become a party to this agreement by completing our LOA form and signing that you have read, understand, and will comply with the provisions of the agreement. Inclusion allows you to fly your balloon within Albuquerque Class C airspace with most communication requirements...
Congratulations to Shawn Speicher for placing first in Top Gun's Annual Points Competition. Shawn's high average of the year of 996.14 points out of 1,000 earned him the Championship for 2024. Nice job Shawn! Come down to the Balloon Museum and be sure to look for the Top Gun Annual Championship Trophy where Shawn's name will appear for the second...
The Year to Date Top Gun Ranking as of July 3, 2024 has been updated on the Standings page of the Top Gun Website! https://www.topgunballooning.org/competitors/
Pilots in the Albuquerque (ABQ) area – Please join us for an FAA Balloon Industry Update on Wednesday, May 29, from 1800-2000 local time. Stop by to hear presentations from ABQ air traffic control, the ABQ Flight Standards District Office, and the Regional Administrator’s office. Discussion topics include: ADS-B On-Airport Launch Skydiving Communication with ATC Local Class C and D Operations ...
Top Gun's LOA with AATC has been renewed for 2024-25. The LOA is an agreement between AATC and Top Gun on behalf of its members that allows for flights within Albuquerque's Class C airspace without the requirement of an ADS-B transponder and excepts certain communication requirements to enter or operate within the Class C airspace. All Top Gun members who...
Congratulations to Shawn Speicher for placing first in Top Gun's March Flying Event. Shawn has had two great events so far this year, and he smoked the field this month scoring 4,982 out of 5,000 points available. Shawn is preparing for US Nationals in June, and I think he may be just getting warmed up! Second Place went to Keith...
Bubba’s 33, Rio Grande Classic, and Top Gun Fundraising Please join Top Gun and the Rio Classic Team at Bubba’s 33 for great food and fun all day Tuesday, March 19th, 2024. A portion of your food purchase goes to support Top Gun. Printable PDF
Shane Shipman Congratulations go out to Shane Shipman for placing first in Top Gun's February flying event. Pilots had 4 tasks to complete, and Shane scored 1,000 points on two targets, a 998, and a 797. Following Shane in close second place was Natasha Stanke. John Wilson finished third. We had 16 pilots registered and 12 who flew. The winds were...
The 2024 Rio Grande Classic Event including the BFA/HACD sanctioned Southwest Regional Championship, and the New Mexico State Championship are coming up May 24-27, 2024! Our Event Director for this year will be Elisa Talbert! Our special thanks to Jessica Price for chairing this major balloon event! We want to thank ALL our sponsors for making this event possible! This...
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