Packages and Prices
Individual one-hour flights are $240 per person. For groups of three or
more it is $225 per person.
 For
a very special occasion (engagement, wedding, anniversary, graduation, or
birthday), you can have an exclusive two-person flight. The price of $750
includes a champagne celebration after the flight.
 We
can make your corporate, family, or school outing a thrill of a lifetime. We
will work with you to arrange that special occasion. Family and friends will
be impressed and talk about it for years to come. We can follow up with a
"moon glow" at dark - balloons are tethered to the ground and lighted up for
a spectacular sight.
What does it take to be a balloon pilot? Motivation, training and a
commitment to the sport of ballooning.
A pilot must approach each flight with the highest standards of safety
and performance and be motivated to improve long after the FAA certificate
is issued.
Student, Private, and Commercial pilot FAA certificates apply to
balloons. Here are the requirements:
- Student Pilot
Every applicant starts as a student. Your flight instructor will help
you obtain a Student Pilot certificate from your local FAA office or FAA
Designated Examiner. If you have already obtained an FAA certificate to
pilot any other type aircraft, a new certificate is not required. When
your instructor feels you have met all of the requirements, he or she may
authorize you to perform solo flights. You are then able to practice
flying by yourself (under your instructors supervision) without passengers
and while holding the appropriate log book endorsements.
- Private Pilot
To become a private pilot, you must fulfill the following requirements:
- Be at least 16 years of age.
- Read, speak, write and understand English.
- Have at least 10 hours of training which must include the following.
- 6 flights with an instructor
- One solo flight
- One ascent to 2,000 feet above the take off point.
- 2 flights of 1 hour each within 60 days prior to rating application.
Pass the written FAA knowledge test (or at a minimum hold a Private
Pilot Certificate for powered aircraft).
- Pass the practical knowledge test (oral and flight) given by a
designated FAA Flight Examiner.
- Commercial Pilot
To become a commercial pilot, you must fulfill the following minimum
requirements.
- Be at least 18 years of age.
- Read, speak, write and understand English.
- Hold at least a Private Pilots Certificate.
- Have at least 35 hours of training, including 20 hours in balloons,
which must include the following.
- 10 flights in balloons.
- 10 hours of flight training that includes at least 10 flights with
an instructor.
- 2 flights as pilot in command.
- 1 ascent to 3000 feet above the takeoff point.
- 2 flights of 1 hour each within 60 days prior to the rating
application.
- Pass the written FAA knowledge test (or at a minimum, hold a Private
Pilot Certificate for powered aircraft).
- Pass the practical knowledge test (oral and flight) given by a
designated FAA flight Examiner.
We can prepare you for the written FAA knowledge tests and provide you
with the equipment and instruction required to prepare for the practical
knowledge test (oral and Flight) given by a designated FAA flight examiner.
Rates:
Flight instruction is $350.00 per. hour of dual instruction. Using your
own equipment is $150.00 per. hour for dual instruction and you supply the
chase.
Coupon
Use the
valuable
coupon for 10% off balloon flight, 20% off of groups of 5 or more.
Contact Information
Contact:
Catskill Mountain Balloon
P.O. Box 446
Oneonta, NY 13820
Phone:
607-435-9839
Email:
balloonNY@aol.com
For answers to
specific questions about this adventure, please send email directly to
this adventure company--using the email
address above.
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breakfast (our own, of course). You
also never know what shape these balloons might take.
