Crew

You can't do a balloon launch without crew and without "sharing" landowners. They are two very important parts of ballooning.

Pat and Karen Houshultz have been crewing with us for over 12 years. Their son Spencer did his first crewing at 7 days old and now at 11 is actually crewing on the balloon, along with his brother Garrit who attended his first balloon festival at 7 days old and at 9 is also part of our crew.

Lyndon and Marie Wormuth are local crew...they took a ride and are now hooked on ballooning. They've discovered that the chase can be as exhilerating as the flight. We also have a great local crew that love the thrill of the chase...George and Sandy Maxson, Rick and Tanya Leet, Kevin and Bronwyn Curtis and Ken and Carla Houshultz...they love the thrill of the chase.

Our permanent traveling crew of Pat and Karen Houshultz, from Honesdale, PA, Ron & Cynthia Jones from Aurora, NY, Jim Hendricks from Tully, NY,and Bill and Carol Fenton from Brooktondale, NY. These people would travel with us wherever we may ask them to go.

Binghamton Crew includes The Rose Family, Doug, Pat, Emily, DJ and Rachel, The Dibble Family, Terry, Bill, future pilot Rebecca and Mike.

Glens Falls Crew includes our very dear friends, Dave & Cindy Egelston and usually most of the traveling crew and sometimes, the Dibbles from our Binghamton crew.

Two balloons require a special crew, especially since crew two balloons with one chase. These are dedicated and wonderful crew people and without them Alan and I couldn't fly.