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2025 Pilot Bios
Memories In Flight
David Boesdorfer
Springfield, IL
Sponsored by
Greenlight Landscaping - Berry’s Nursery and Floral
Years Flying Balloons - 10
When you are not flying, what do you enjoy doing?
camping, spending time with family
Why did you become a pilot?
Crewed for 15 yrs. enjoy 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 joy of flying a balloon
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 winds take us.