General Club Business

August Competition

Competition Time! It’s time for the competition to heat up to match the temperatures. Flying Events and Crew-D are holding competitions this Saturday, August 13. Check-in begins at 6 am at the NW corner of 10th and Westside, that’s near Joe Harris Elementary. Make sure your information is up to date in PAD. And the…

More Action Needed

Drones and Right of Way There is an update regarding the DRONE proposed FAA Right of Way Rule as pertains to hot air balloons. Due to our members who have written to express their concerns, the comment period has been extended until August 5th, 2022. Read the update below and take a moment to respond…

June Cloudbouncer and Meeting Video Available

The June Cloudbouncer is now available for viewing or downloading. And the June meeting video is also available. The program was Hands-Only CPR.

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…

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