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A most fabulous morning with Cindy and Tracy Cindy recommends Big oh! Balloons:          "Absolutely recommend!!! Such an unbelievable experience. Can’t say enough great things about our balloon ride. Beautiful day, amazing captain and crew. Throughly enjoyed the adventure and would recommend to everyone. I have a tad fear of heights but the experience wasn’t scary. The opposite in fact. So very peaceful and calming. Even the landing. Had braced ourselves but the captain set us down easy. Believe they called it a grandpa landing. If you have any reservations about ..read more

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Kristie Darling COMING TO A SKY NEAR YOU! Four local pilots flew from the Cool Spring Balloonport, east of Statesville, last night as a preview of Lifting Spirits Around the World...This weekend, our pilots and many others around the world will join together as a symbol of thanks, with balloon launches called Lifting Spirits Around the World. Independent balloonists from around the world will take flight on these two days, flooding social media with pictures and videos of their flights, with one goal – thanking frontline and essential workers. Balloons put smiles on the faces of young and old ..read more

Big oh! Balloons recently hosted the NC Tripping team, Christina Riley and Carl Hedinger, https://www.nctripping.com/things-to-do-in-north-carolina-bucket-list/#central (scroll down to Statesville and Iredell County) for a wonderful flight from our BalloonPort. The adventure was sponsored by the Statesville Convention & Visitor's Bureau. At www.visitstatesville.com ​you can learn about Stay & Play, a new SCVC program that promotes flying with a Statesville pilots in a hot air balloon during your overnight visit. You'll also enjoy a relaxing stay in one Statesv ..read more

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 Well, weatherman extraordinaire Brad Panovich said today was the best weather day of 2018...so we kicked it off with, finally, a flight with friends yesterday afternoon! Here's a couple pix we took, and thank you, Candice, for the ones you took from the air! What a great way to finish up April and get flying into May! And, Happy Birthday, Jennifer ..read more

I was reminded what Jim Thompson told us when we bought his balloon back in 1980...."If you buy this balloon, it will change your life." Well, it did in the most profound ways. So many amazing adventures and the most amazing people in our life.  Ballooning is magic, still ..read more

Cindy recommends Big oh! Balloons:          "Absolutely recommend!!! Such an unbelievable experience. Can’t say enough great things about our balloon ride. Beautiful day, amazing captain and crew. Throughly enjoyed the adventure and would recommend to everyone. I have a tad fear of heights but the experience wasn’t scary. The opposite in fact. So very peaceful and calming. Even the landing. Had braced ourselves but the captain set us down easy. Believe they called it a grandpa landing. If you have any reservations about going on a ride, put them to rest and treat ..read more