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May Meeting video now available!

The recording of the May General Meeting is now available. The program featured personnel from the ABQ tower talking about the LOA and tower operations. Also on the agenda, BFA President Pat Cannon talked about the sport of ballooning, issues facing the sport, and the relationship between BFA and AAAA. To watch the video, click…

May Flying Event CANCELED!

The Mother’s Day Flying Event has been canceled due to the wind forecast. No points for anyone. Enjoy your Mother’s Day!

It’s May!

The Cloudbouncer is available for viewing and/or downloading. Sunday is our Monthly Flying Event. It’s also Mother’s Day, so we’ll have carnations for the moms in attendance. And Flying Events is holding a lunch meeting to get your ideas about improving those activities. And if you missed the April meeting, the recording is now available…

New Board in Place

As of Monday’s night board of directors meeting, there’s new leadership at the helm of AAAA. The newly elected board has taken over and is now responsible for the direction and well-being of the club. Welcome to President Blair Kaufman, and Special Events Chair Chris McCord. Welcome back to Treasurer, Dick Rice; Crew-Development, Sue Palmer;…

April Flying and Bunny Butts

Saturday, April 9 found AAAA members flying and bouncing bunny butts. Well, not actual bunnies, but ping-pong balls that looked like bunny butts. Check out the day’s scores, and overall results for both Flying Events and Crew-D on their respective pages.

Flying and Crew Competition Email sent

We just emailed a reminder about this weekend’s flying and crew competition. Didn’t get it? Maybe you didn’t renew? Maybe you didn’t respond to an email to “reactivate your email”. Maybe we screwed up and didn’t register your email. Whatever the reason, read it here . and click the button at the top to get back…

AAAA LOA in Effect

updated 3/28/2022 AAAA has an LOA with ATC regarding Class C airspace. The Final, signed version has been posted. The effective date on the LOA is Monday, March 28, 2022. A list of 105 AAAA pilot members, N numbers, and signatures was submitted on Monday morning. New “badges” have been sent to those 105 which…

FAA ATC on ABQ LOA

The FAA and ATC will be presenting on the ABQ LOA via YouTube, not Zoom, on Friday at 1pm MDT. Here’s the direct link to the video. https://youtu.be/_03iKT1pt_4

Good News on the ADS-B Situation

UPDATED 9 am, 3-23-22 The DRAFT version of the LOA has been posted for your review. There’s good news on the ADS-B situation as the FAA and ATC have agreed to offer an LOA to ABQ pilots for flying in the Class C airspace. Pilots in PAD will need to add a signature. Pilots not…

New Leader in Flying Events!

There’s a new leader atop the overall Flying Events Standings for 2022. Al Lowenstein with a 3rd place throw takes the top position. Jerry Garcia moves to second on the success of his 4th place throw. Peg Billson who tops the March event with a 3.45-meter throw slides up to 8th place. Check out all…