September, 2023 Top Gun Flying Event First Place, Ian Whitling
Congratulation to Top Gun's September Flying event First Place, Ian Whitling!
18Sep
07Sep
August, 2023 Top Gun Flying Event First Place Peg Billson
Congratulations to our August, 2023 Top Gun First Place, Peg Billson! We had 17 pilots registered, and 10 actually flew. Although it was a 2 day event, only Saturday was flyable. Sunday...just a bit windy with some shears aloft.
08Aug
Congratulations US Women’s Nationals Pilots and Crew
Congratulations to Top Gun's Natasha Stanke on her 2nd place finish at the US Women's Nationals held in Jackson, MI last month. It was an exciting competition with several lead changes. Natasha was in the hunt to overtake first place, but just ran out of time, as the last scheduled day of competition was cancelled due to weather. Top Gun's...
16Jul
Congratulations US Nationals 2023 Top Gun Pilots
US Nationals were held in Longview, Texas at the Great Texas Balloon Race June 12 - 18, 2023. Congratulations to Top Gun Pilot Bruce Wood our new US National Champion! Additionally, Elisa Talbert was the top Women's finisher, and Natasha Stanke was Rookie of the Year! Also, in the Young Guns competition, Top Gun's Zack Maxwell placed third and Ryan...
16Jul
June, 2023 Top Gun Event
Congratulations to Jeff Duff, Top Gun's June 2023 Champion. Everyone's task results and the updated year to date Ranking can be viewed on the About Us > Standings page.
10Jun
Congratulation 2023 RGC Champions
Congratulation to our 2023 Rio Grande Classic Overall Champion, Rhett Heartsill. This is Rhett's second year back to back win. Congratulations to our Regional Champion, Trent Caldwell. Trent also captured the State Championship title, as well. Way to go guys!
17Apr
Balloon Live for Pilots Video
Top Gun will be utilizing Balloon Live for our upcoming RGC event. If you missed Zerek's training session on Saturday 4/15/23, or if you have not used the app before or need a refresher, here is a link to a 12 minute video on how to use the app. This can also be found in the Member Documents page of...
31Mar
Collin McClung BFA/HACD 2022 Rookie of the Year
3/29/23 - Congratulations to Collin McClung of Top Gun Ballooning! BFA/HACD's 2022 Rookie of the Year! Collin is a Top Gun Board Member and our Club Secretary. Collin received a cash award of $300 from HACD for his achievement. Another great benefit for being a member of the BFA/HACD.
31Mar
March Top Gun Two Day Event
3/27/23 - The weather didn't cooperate for our March event. Ian, our Event Director, had called great tasks for Saturday, but we all knew that the winds were going to be too strong to get in the air. Ian held a short session at the end of the briefing to answer questions and discuss strategy had we been able to...
20Feb
Trent Caldwell- February Top Gun!
February Top Gun is in the books... and Trent Caldwell came out on top! Saw some great performances from some first timers to! Welcome to Top Gun JB Akin, Nicholas Abrams, Zach Maxwell and Ryan Byer!