Southern California Balloon Association (SCBA)

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WELCOME

The Southern California Ballooning Association invites you to visit our newly developing web site often, as updates occur frequently throughout the season. Our non-profit association is here to provide you with both information and experience into the historical sport of hot air ballooning.

Got a question? Want to join our group on an outing? ask about that too!

GOOD READS, PICS AND VIDEOS

Watch the Serenity Balloon Team in Perris!
New video submitted by Serenity!

Bear Valley Springs 2010
Visit Kim Lynch's awesome photo album on Facebook...
(You must be a Facebook member, or sign up, to view this album)

Our Special Interview With Tom Crouch, Senior Curator, Aeronautics Smithsonian Institution
In an effort to learn more about ballooning history, and to share that learning with my fellow SCBA Members, I emailed Tom Crouch at the Smithsonian and asked him a few questions. Read More...

An Interview with Bob Tyszka, CAAP Chairman
Bob Tyszka was recently named as the Chariman for the BFA's Crew Achievement Award Program (CAAP)... I asked Bob a few questions about his new role and about his feelings from the crew perspective. Read More...

MORE TO READ, SEE AND WATCH! More...

Solar-powered plane takes off on 24-hour test flight
Psychiatrist and Internationally known Swiss balloonist Bertrand Piccard partners in "Solar Impulse" project... cnn.com

Australian artist creates art viewable from space - or best from a hot-air balloon..."The sculptures are best viewed from a hot-air balloon above the spectacular landscape..." cnn.com

Blimp to monitor gulf oil spill... cnn.com

See Chip Morton's Temecula Balloon & Wine Festival Photos... flickr.com

9-Year Old Builds Space Balloon... cnn.com

Man takes cue from 'UP,' floats across English Channel CNN.COM

Cluster Ballooning: The English Channel! Clusterballooning.com

Jumping From The Edge Of Space: CNN's Brian Todd looks at a planned attempt to sky dive from the edge of space, testing the limits of the human body. CNN.COM

Largest Airship Inflated: See the video on CNN.COM

Highest Ever Balloon Flight to Help: Skydiver preparing for 120,000-foot supersonic fall. Read it on CNN.COM

MORE NEWS More...

NEWSLETTER

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EXOTIC OR NOT?
Anyplace where there are balloons or an SCBA member is exotic! Members take photos with their newsletters... See them!

Send it in to us and you may see your photo in the upcoming issues of the SCBA Newsletter or online!

LEARN MORE
Learn More About Hot-Air Ballooning
Got questions about how a hot-air balloon works? Or maybe ballooning history? Read about it in Ballooning Experience...

Hot-Air Ballooning Quiz!
Do you like taking quizes? Do you know someone who should be taking the quiz? Try your smarts and your luck and take the fun trivia quiz!

FEATURED LINKS
Albuquerque Balloon Museum

British Balloon Museum & Library

Smithsonian, National Air & Space Museum

SCBA PHOTO CONTEST
View the photos from the 2010 photo contest, SCBA Photo Contest site...

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
Membership Application 2010 PDF

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