2026 Pilot Bios



Memories In Flight

David Boesdorfer

Springfield, IL

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Greenlight Landscaping - Berry’s Nursery and Floral


Years Flying Balloons - 11


When you are not flying, what do you enjoy doing?


Camping, spending time with family


Why did you become a pilot?


Crewed for 15 years, and I have always enjoyed flying


What do you find is the most challenging about flying a hot air balloon?


Contour flying, weather, finding crew


Short description of something interesting that ballooning has allowed you to do?


Meeting other pilots with the same interest and enjoy flying.


What do you most want the public to know/understand about hot air balloons and flying them?


Flying the balloon is very weather dependent, we can't "steer" the balloon, just go where the wind take's us.