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2023 Photo Contest (vote here!)

Thanks to everyone who has submitted a photo in the 2023 CLAS Photo Contest.  They are all great pictures and it will be challenging to choose only 12. To vote for your top 12 favorite photos please follow the steps below. 1.      Review the photo entries here. There are 38 entries listed in a PDF file…

2023 CLAS Photo Contest

Fellow CLAS Members,Since we are still holding virtual meetings these days and not meeting face to face, we are going to continue to hold the annual CLAS Photo Contest on-line again this year. The photo winners will be announced at the next CLAS Zoom meeting. To provide sufficient time for photo submittals and for voting, the Oct 19th CLAS…

2022 Photo Contest

Thanks to everyone who has submitted a photo in the 2022 CLAS Photo Contest.  They are all great pictures and it will be challenging to choose only 12. To vote for your top 12 favorite photos please follow the steps below. 1.      Review the photo entries here. There are 52 entries listed in a PDF file…

2022 CLAS Calendars

The 2022 Calendars are ready.  The prices are the same as last year. If you would like to order calendars, please contact Garry Guertin via email at gguertin@cox.net to arrange for your order. New for 2021 – once Garry has provided a price, you can make payment online here using Paypal. You can also pay…

Announcing 2021 Photo Contest

From Garry: Fellow CLAS Members, Since we are still holding virtual meetings these days and not meeting face to face, the CLAS board of directors has decided to continue to hold the annual CLAS Photo Contest on-line again this year. Check out past winners from our annual Calendar Photo Contest, 2007 – 2021 Please send…

2020 CLAS Photo Contest

The fifty-one entries for the CLAS 2020 photo contest are displayed below. Vote for your twelve favorites. Send in your list with your twelve selections to Garry Guertin at gguertin@cox.net . 2020 CLAS Photo Contest Entries (PDF) You do not have to list your picks in order of preference. The winners will be those that…

2019 CLAS Photo Contest

Fellow CLAS Members, Below please find a reminder from Garry concerning our annual photo contest to be held at our next meeting on October 17th, 7:30 at the Plainville Police Dept. Hope to see lots of great pics! The regular CLAS meeting agenda will be followed by the photo contest at the end of the…

Commercial Flights at Plainville Balloon Festival

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 Boucherbearship3@comcast.net / 603-432-6911 A Yankee Balloon LLC (Fairfield, CT) / Bill Colyerayankeeballoon@aol.com / 203-255-1929 Above Earth’s Plane…

Safety Seminar Thank-You

A huge THANK-YOU to everyone who came out to the Safety Seminar yesterday, and a special round of appreciation and gratitude to our presenters, and to the folks who put the event together: Penny Christy: Program Content, BFA liaison, Chairperson Ed Gutowski: Food Procurement, Setup, Cleanup Chris Mooney, Rob Macfarlane: Concept, Organization Mark Sand: Logistics,…