Light up the Night

03/21/2021

Special thanks to Three Brothers Pizza and Grill Vt for feeding all the volunteers last night!!

03/21/2021

Filling up 🍼 🦖 (Baby Dino) last night!

03/21/2021

Check this out!

03/20/2021

Pilot spotlight!!

Kevin Morris has been flying balloons since 2000 with flight all over the USA. He has Crewed for many others since he was a teenager. Besides Ballooning he enjoys Hiking,Camping Ice Fishing and Generally the outdoors.

Kevin will be glowing his balloon “Stained Glass Sunrise”

03/20/2021

Pilot spotlight!

Mat Robitaille: A third generation pilot and Vermont native, Mat grew up wanting to fly before he could walk. Introduced to Balloons through a good friend, Mat began by serving as crew for local balloonists before moving on to obtaining his pilot’s license in 2008. When not flying or spending time camping with his family, Mat works for KeyBank as a Commercial Relationship Manager. Originally from Essex, Mat now lives in Milton with his wife and twin sons.”

03/20/2021

Pilot spotlight!

Jay McCormack co-founded Light Up The Night as a way to bring the joy of hot air balloons to the community in a way that can also give back as a fundraiser for the Vermont Foodbank. Jay is an experienced and passionate hot air balloon pilot with over 7 years of experience and he will be glowing a special shape balloon named Baby Dino tonight. Jay has flown Baby Dino all over the world in international balloon festivals in New Zealand, Japan, India, Thailand, Philippines and Mexico. Jay also enjoys flying planes and recently became a commercial pilot. When he's not in the air, you can find Jay selling real estate locally for The Gardner Group at Re/Max North Professionals or adventuring around on his split board or mountain bike!

03/20/2021

Pilot spotlight!!

Lina Balcom has been involved with ballooning since 2003 when she started crewing with a balloon team in CT, where she lived at the time. After moving to VT she connected with the ballooning community in the Burlington area, became a private pilot in 2016 and flies for fun with friends and family. In 2020 she built a chariot-style balloon and is excited to be glowing it at Light Up The Night. When she isn't ballooning Lina works at UVM and lives in Milton with her husband, Todd.

Lina is also the only female balloon pilot in VT. She will be glowing her balloon “As you wish”

03/20/2021

Pilot spotlight!

Jeff Snyder is the owner of Above Reality Inc. Hot Air Balloon Rides which he started 19 years ago based on a class project during college. His life in the summer and fall is pretty much balloons and the associated tasks of running a balloon ride business. In the off-season he spends a lot of time finding new trails with his favorite co-pilot, Riggins the crew dog, who can be found at most launches and landings too! Jeff is glowing a recreational balloon known as The Penetrator 54K Deluxe, that he built with one of his former balloon students. The whole set up can fit inside of a Prius along with a pilot, passenger, crew member, AND Riggins!

03/20/2021

Pilot spotlight!

Jon Kovacs is the Crew Chief for Above Reality Inc. Hot Air Balloons located here in the Champlain Valley. Jon can usually be found chasing balloons, working in the maple sugar woods, or managing the lawns and properties of his landscaping clients. He enjoys hiking, black coffee, and activities in the mountains. He is glowing a balloon he crewed in central Mexico known as the Leon Lifesaver.

03/20/2021

Looking forward to the event tomorrow night!

03/19/2021

We are looking forward to Saturday night!
This is a free event but we would appreciate a donation.

https://fundraise.vtfoodbank.org/fundraiser/3151055

Provide meals through my Virtual Food Drive for the Vermont Foodbank!

03/16/2021

Another fun balloon glow!

Some of the night glow of the Bristol balloon fiesta on 9-8-2018 Bristol England