Commercial Flights at Plainville Balloon Festival

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The following commercial pilots have indicated that they are planning to participate in the 2019 Plainville Fire Company's Hot Air Balloon Festival, and will be booking paid flights:

A & a Balloon Ride LLC (Chester, NH) / Andre Boucher
bearship3@comcast.net / 603-432-6911

A Yankee Balloon LLC (Fairfield, CT) / Bill Colyer
ayankeeballoon@aol.com / 203-255-1929

Above Earth's Plane Balloons / Penny Christy
pmchristy@comcast.net / 860-857-8757

Berkshire Balloons (Plainville, CT) / Robert Zirpolo
robertzirpolo@comcast.net / 203-250-8441

Clipaway Ballooning LLC / Gene Burnstein
clipaway@prodigy.net / 732-840-1593

CT Ballooning, LLC (Kensington, CT) / Jim Regan
ctballooning@yahoo.com / 860-209-0351

CT Voyager Balloons LLC (Vernon, CT) / Mehmet Atar
ctvoyagerballoons@gmail.com / 860-681-6273

GONE Ballooning (Southbury, CT) / Thaddeus E. Burr
pilot@flygoneballooning.com / (203) 262-6625

Spirit Ballooning (Canaan, CT) / Darrel Long
info@spiritballooning.com / 860-464-4359

Commercial pilots, CLAS members or not, planning to fly at Plainville and wishing to be listed here, please drop us a note care of info@ctlighterthanair.org and we'll add you to this list!

22 comments

  1. Zoe Maldonado - Reply

    Hello, I was wondering how much would booking a flight be for the Plainville festival on the 23/24th of August? I would love to take my boyfriend on a flight as a chance to take him to do something we’ve both never done and a once in a lifetime experience for him to remember since he has never been to this festival before. Get back to me when you can thank you!!

    • Judith Russell - Reply

      At this time we are unaware of any local commercial operators booking passengers for the Plainville festival, sorry.

    • Lauren - Reply

      Hi there. Looking to book a tethered flight at the festival, depending on the cost. Could someone reach out to me. Thank you

      • Judith Russell - Reply

        At present none of the locals has indicated they are tethering, and we do not know if any of those coming from out of state will be. Sorry, you’ll have to connect with a pilot on the field.

  2. sue beardsley - Reply

    do any of you have space for us to take a balloon ride at the Plainville Festival? 2 of us. How much do you charge? thank you.

    • Judith Russell - Reply

      At this time we are unaware of any local commercial operators booking passengers for the Plainville festival, sorry.

  3. Miguel Rodriguez - Reply

    Hi!!!
    How much is the cost for the ride in the balloons the days in Plainville Ct activities.
    I need too make reservation for two people???

    • Judith Russell - Reply

      At this time we are unaware of any local commercial operators booking passengers for the Plainville festival, sorry.

    • Judith Russell - Reply

      At this time we are unaware of any local commercial operators booking passengers for the Plainville festival, sorry.

    • Judith Russell - Reply

      At this time we are unaware of any local commercial operators booking passengers for the Plainville festival, sorry.

    • Judith Russell - Reply

      At this time we are unaware of any local commercial operators booking passengers for the Plainville festival, sorry.

    • Judith Russell - Reply

      At this time we are unaware of any local commercial operators booking passengers for the Plainville festival, sorry. Some pilots may be tethering (ropes) and you can connect with them at the festival.

    • Judith Russell - Reply

      None of the local pilots are booking rides for Plainville; sorry. There may be folks coming from out of town who have openings but you would need to connect with them at the festival.

  9. Jesse Perez - Reply

    Good day to all
    as of 8/22/24 I have reached out to almost every pilots on the list above they either have retired or not participating in this year’s event, they should update the FAQ,,because if I not wrong you have to register 1st prior to the date, I do not think you can just go on the date & purchase tickets for the rides unless it has changed, I myself never been on a ballon ride it’s on my bucket list no pun LOL

    • Judith Russell - Reply

      There are only a handful of commercial pilots flying who can legally take paying passengers, and most of these are either booked or do not take paying passengers at the festival. The balloon festival is really about watching the balloons, not booking a flight, since many of the pilots have their private license only and fly friends and family for fun. The best way to book a balloon flight is to connect with a balloon company and book a flight on a non-festival date.

  10. Kylie - Reply

    Hi! I know this has been asked and no one knows if hey will be doing tethered flights at all but a big IF they do, would it only Fri nights or on Sat also? I know it’s not guaranteed and you are just guessing, which I appreciate that you are even responding at all!! Thanks so much!

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