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Racing: JASPER Hot Air Balloon Team[ + ] Click Here To Expand Current Report[ - ] Click Here To Collapse Current Report On Sunday, July 13, the Jasper Engines & Transmissions hot air balloon team was in Franklin, IN, for the opening of the Johnson County Fair. The fair grounds had only a few dry spots left after over 3” of rain had fallen the previous night. We managed to find a small dry area on the launch field to set up the balloon. The winds had been blowing very hard from the cold front that had moved through the night before. The winds were forecast by flight service to calm down by 8:00 PM. Shortly after 8:00 the JASPER balloon was in the air. Not all of the balloons chose to fly as many of the available landing spots were still very wet. A good crowd was on hand to watch the balloons launch. Many brought their lawn chairs and set up on the roads that surround the launch field. It was nice to see people enjoying the festivities and, if only for a little while, forgetting about rains and floods that have challenged their lives so far this year.
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Hot air balloons are at the mercy of the winds, so it is only flown when the surface winds are ten miles an hour or less. The balloon is flown the first two hours after sunrise and the last two hours before sunset to avoid thermal heating during the midday hours.
Like other Jasper performance products, the JASPER Balloon competes at races designed to test the balloon and pilot skills. We compete
at both the local and national levels. The pilot, Warren
D. Smith is a commercially rated pilot with ratings in
fixed wing and seaplane aircraft as well as lighter than
air. Warren won Rookie of the Year honors at the 2004
United States Hot Air Balloon National Championships sanctioned by The
Balloon Federation Of America.
Jasper Engines & Transmissions Hot Air Balloon Team Schedule 2008
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| Kentucky Derby Festival Great Balloon Race | April 24-27 | |
| Evansville Freedom Festival Thunder on the Ohio | June 27-29 | |
| Johnson County Fair | July 13th | |
| Football Hall of Fame | July 25-27 | |
| Jasper Strassenfest Balloon Race | August 1 | |
| Indiana State Fair Opening Day Balloon Race | August 6 | |
| Balloons, Tunes, & BBQ | September 5-7 | |
| Bluegrass Balloon Festival (formally Adam Mathews) | September 26-28 |
Dates are based on previous years events.
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