Pellissippi State Hot Air Balloon Festival

September 25 & 26, 2009

Balloons, Balloons and More Balloons!

Additional charges for tethered balloon rides*
$15 per adult and $10/child ages 12 and under. You must be at least 36" to ride.

Friday, September 25

Tethered balloon rides - 4-8 p.m.
Balloon liftoff - 5:30 p.m.
Balloon "glow" (choreographed balloon lighting to music) - 8 p.m.

Saturday, September 26

Tethered balloon rides - 7:30 a.m. - noon
Balloon liftoff - 7:30 a.m.
Tethered balloon rides - 4-8 p.m.
Balloon "glow" (choreographed balloon lighting to music) - 8 p.m.

** All balloon times are approximate and weather permitting

2009 Hot Air Balloon Pilots

Flight Operations Group
Amy Davis, Steve Davis, Jimmy Hood,
Tom Roush, Roy Smith, all from Tennessee

Tethered Balloon Pilots
Rick Behr, Bonnie Clevinger, Virginia;
Danny Campbell, Iowa

Buddy Carter, North Carolina
Roger Clark, South Carolina
Jack Cothran, South Carolina
Ken Draughn, North Carolina
Wayne Fortney, Tennessee
Tim Hampton, Ohio
Jim Hendershot, South Carolina
Eric Howard, Tennessee
Glo Kehoe, New Mexico (more)
Mary Makhlouf, North Carolina
Tom Mullinax, South Carolina
Ed McDaniel, Virginia
Wayne O'Shields, South Carolina
John Paisley Jr., North Carolina
Sam Parks, North Carolina
Mike Wade, Kentucky
Wayne Warren, Michigan
Ed Yonkey, Tennessee

For more information about the festival, or for sponsorship opportunities, call the Pellissippi State Foundation at (865) 694-6400.