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...
We finally have a signed waiver issued to us from the FAA. Top Gun 2024 Waiver Package (1)
The 2024 Top Gun Flying Events Schedule has been posted to the Top Gun Website. Sunday, January 21, 2023 is our first event of the year. If you haven't renewed your membership and submitted your documents, now would be a great time to do that! Just go to the Top Gun Membership page at www.topgunballooning.org/membership/ . While your at it,...
2023 Top Gun Champion! Trent Caldwell Please join Top Gun in congratulating its 2023 Champion, Trent Caldwell. Trent was on point all year flying every weekend and every flyable task called with a high average of 990 pts. Great job Trent!
December, 2023 Top Gun First Place - Congratulations Janet Patton visiting from Texas! This month's event was called by our Event Director, Stacy Eldridge. Stacy called three tasks consisting of a PDG with a minimum altitude, a JDG gravity drop, and a JDG free marker drop. Strategy for approaching these tasks was the challenge, as the winds aloft were a...
November, 2023 Top Gun First Place - Congratulations Peg Bilson! Peg trampled the field of 13 Pilots with a total score of 2,696 on the three tasks called. November was supposed to be a two day event, but the weather was not cooperating on Sunday, so Sunday's flight was called off. Our Event Director this month was Natasha Stanke. Thank...
October, 2023 Top Gun First Place - Congratulations Derek Grassbaugh! See the Current Standings page for details. This month's event was called by our Event Director, Jeff Ashworth. Jeff called three tasks consisting of a Hesitation Waltz, an Elbow, and a Pilot Declared Goal. Strategy for approaching these tasks was the challenge. Thank you Jeff! We are quickly approaching the end...
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