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The Albuquerque International Balloon
Fiesta, October 6 through 14, 2007, marks the
36thyear for this world-class sporting
event.
For some fresh story ideas, feel free to browse our news
release.
If you are interested in pursuing any of the following
stories, please email kleyendecker@balloonfiesta.com
or visit the media tent during the event for contact information. Remember
www.balloonfiesta.com is also
a great resource.
Ballooning
and Balloon Fiesta
- 770 KKOB-AM has been the “Official
Voice” of Balloon Fiesta from the beginning.
- Balloon Cam - new on the
Web site this year.
- Balloon Fiesta “old-timers.”
- Balloon Fiesta Academy
– eleven Cadets from six states, aged 12 – 14, will
learn the ins and outs of putting together a large-scale event.
Oct. 3 – 7.
- Balloon Fiesta poster collection.
- Balloon Mail – you
can mail a personalized letter that has flown with a hot air
balloon and then mailed with a special US Postal stamp.
- Balloon Museum (the City
of Albuquerque – not Balloon Fiesta – is building
this new museum at Balloon Fiesta Park.)
- Balloon pins.
- Ballooning – a family
event.
- Ballooning in fine art.
- Ballooning in literature.
- Ballooning under a full
NM moon.
- Civic organizations raise
money for their charity work during Balloon Fiesta.
- Ed Yost – Father
of the hot air balloon.
- Favorite special shapes.
- Fireworks show and people.
- Flying competitions and
judges.
- History of ballooning in
Albuquerque.
- How do they manufacture
special shapes?
- How is a balloon built?
- How is the pilot of the
day chosen?
- How long does the ground
crew take to get the filed in shape and ready?
- How much does it cost to
buy and operate a balloon?
- Longtime pilots who have
celebrated their birthdays at the event in Oct.
- Lovelace – official
first aid providers at the event.
- Meteorologists.
- Montgolfier Diplome –
the most distinguished ballooning award.
- New grass on the field.
Recycled water used on the grass.
- Page 2 - 2004 Albuquerque
International Balloon Fiesta
- Story Ideas
- New/foreign pilots this
year.
- NM Quilters Association
Raffle.
- Official balloon ride concessionaire.
- Official Photographers
– there are three new photographers this year.
- Official poster and its
designer, Marc Pacan. He will be at Balloon Fiesta!
- Oldest sponsors.
- Oldest/newest food vendor.
- Oldest/youngest pilot.
- Oldest/youngest volunteer.
- Park and Ride.
- Prizes at competitions.
- Safety – what it
takes to make a safe Balloon Fiesta on the ground and in the
air.
- Smallest/largest balloon.
- Sponsors in general.
- Traveling tours that come
to Balloon Fiesta. They even have their own hospitality tent.
- What goes on at the small
“RV cities”?
- Who are the original 13
Balloon Fiesta pilots?
- World Record at Balloon
Fiesta.
- Zebras – personalities
and commitments.
Gas Ballooning
- Differences and similarities
between the America’s Challenge Gas Balloon Race and the
round-the-world flights.
- Emergency planning (what
if someone gets stranded someplace, or has a medical problem,
etc?)
- Gas ballooning craze and
how it’s evolving.
- Goody Goodwin’s online
tracking system.
- Ground chase/crews. Three
day chase from hell!
- How a gas balloon works.
- How gas differs from hot
air, technically and culturally.
- How gas races are scored.
It’s very high tech.
- How much does it cost to
buy and operate a gas balloon?
- Pilot bios.
- Tracking station operations
– support operations in weather, etc.
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