Sioux Falls Ballooning Association

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A few balloons will be flying from Fred Assam Elementary on 6mile road tomorrow morning at 5:45 AM. Come Join Us. We nee...
06/15/2026

A few balloons will be flying from Fred Assam Elementary on 6mile road tomorrow morning at 5:45 AM. Come Join Us. We need a few to help launch and land. If you'd like learn more about balloons, volunteer to crew!

Thanks to those who joined us at Huntington's disease event. Our website has been updated, check it out. SFBallooning.o...
05/04/2026

Thanks to those who joined us at Huntington's disease event. Our website has been updated, check it out. SFBallooning.org

Walk In Balloon and static display will be at the Huntington's Team Walk For Hope at Sertoma Park May 2, 2026 8:30 AM 23...
04/28/2026

Walk In Balloon and static display will be at the Huntington's Team Walk For Hope at Sertoma Park May 2, 2026 8:30 AM 2300 S. Oxbow, Sioux Falls. Join us!
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Garrett Williams just flew over my house in Brandon!
04/16/2026

Garrett Williams just flew over my house in Brandon!

On April 13, 1963, ballooning history was rewritten when Ed Yost and Don Piccard launched the Channel Champ, a hot air b...
04/16/2026

On April 13, 1963, ballooning history was rewritten when Ed Yost and Don Piccard launched the Channel Champ, a hot air balloon that would go on to accomplish something no one had ever done before.

In a flight that lasted approximately 3 hours, Yost and Piccard crossed the English Channel, beginning in Rye, England and carried them across the Channel into France, ultimately landing near Gravelines, France.

What made the Channel Champ flight so significant wasn’t just the distance or duration; it was the innovation. Yost, often called the “father of modern hot air ballooning,” used experiences like this to refine designs that would soon lead to the first successful modern hot air balloon flight.

Here at the National Balloon Museum, we’re proud to preserve this legacy. Our exhibit features the original basket used in the Channel Champ flight, along with the balloon envelope itself, giving visitors a direct connection to this groundbreaking moment in aviation history.

Fun fact: The basket Ed and Don used wasn’t purpose-built at all. It started its life as a stone boat, a piece of farm equipment pulled by horses to clear rocks from fields. A true example of ingenuity and resourcefulness!

History doesn’t just live in books - it lives here. Come see it for yourself when the museum reopens in July 2026.

More about the exhibit can be found here: https://www.nationalballoonmuseum.com/channel-champ/.

Happy Hoppy Easter from us to YOU. Once the wind slows down and the ground is not so muddy, we'll be flying!
04/04/2026

Happy Hoppy Easter from us to YOU.
Once the wind slows down and the ground is not so muddy, we'll be flying!

04/04/2026

We had a great time yesterday out at Montrose Elementary working with their 3rd graders! 🎈

Their whole year has been themed around hot air balloons, so getting to bring a real one out for them to see (and experience) was a pretty cool way to celebrate nearing the end of the school year. They came with tons of questions and were all in - climbing in the basket, checking out the fan, feeling the fabric, and even getting a chance to fire the burners!

Definitely a few future pilots in the group.

These are the kinds of things we love doing at 605 Balloon Ride — not just flying, but sharing it and letting people experience it up close.

All at SFBA wish you a wonderful holiday. We'll be at the SFDT Parade of Lights on Friday and Saturday (6PM) at Brandon'...
11/26/2025

All at SFBA wish you a wonderful holiday. We'll be at the SFDT Parade of Lights on Friday and Saturday (6PM) at Brandon's Light Parade! Don't think there will be any flying this weekend, cold and windy.

242 years ago, a hot air balloon took flight in France.Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier was a French chemistry and physic...
11/21/2025

242 years ago, a hot air balloon took flight in France.
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier was a French chemistry and physics teacher, and one of the first pioneers of aviation. He and an army officer, the Marquis d'Arlandes made the first manned free balloon flight on November 21, 1783, in a Montgolfier balloon. The flight began from the grounds of the Château de la Muette in the western outskirts of Paris. They flew aloft about 3,000 feet (910 m) above Paris for a distance of nine kilometres. After 25 minutes, the machine landed between the windmills, outside the city ramparts, on the Butte-aux-Cailles.

Beautiful!
11/16/2025

Beautiful!

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