2025 Pilot Bios



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Glenn Oconnell

Gilberts, IL

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Years Flying Balloons - 43


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


Spending time with my family


Why did you become a pilot?


As a child I hade dreams of flying


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


Waiting for good weather


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


Travel the country for ballooning events and Canada


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


Need to be patient about the weather