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Barnstormer Aero and Light Flight Balloons - Rides in MD
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| Name | Barnstormer Aero and Light Flight Balloons - Rides in MD |
| Brief Description | Biplane and Hot Air Balloon Ride in MD, PA, & DE |
| Type | Activity |
| Category | Maryland Balloon Ride |
| Description | Scenic biplane and hot air balloon rides over Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Enjoy spectacular views from the basket of a balloon or the open cockpit of our 1941 Stearman. 28 years in business with a perfect safety record. FAA certified.
If the romance and adventure of balloon and vintage airplane flight appeals to you, allow us to introduce ourselves. We are Light Flight Balloons, Inc. and Barnstormer Aero, a full time, full service Maryland corporation offering balloon charter flights, tethered balloon promotions, and open cockpit biplane rides for Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. We are proud to have been flying for twenty-eight years without an incident.
Your enjoyment and the safety of the flight are our first priorities. Accordingly, our aircraft are certified, licensed, and inspected as required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Your flight will piloted by an experienced and professional FAA licensed Commercial Balloon or Airplane Pilot. Our pilots have a combined experience of over sixty years of accident free flying.
When you book with us you are dealing directly with the people who will provide your flight and be flying with you; not some broker who has no aircraft or pilots and little or no interest in you after the sale. Many companies will simply provide a certificate for you to fly with some unknown company; paying them a reduced fare to provide the service.
- Brokers and Middle men don't own their own aircraft - they sell your ride to who knows who!
The reasons we should be your number one choice for a flight are simple:
1. We are experienced - twenty eight years in business without an incident.
2. We are full time - we do this for a living and not as a retirement or hobby business to supplement our income - we fly every flyable day, not just occasionally.
3. We are local and a Maryland Corporation. You are dealing directly with your flight crew and not a broker or some middle man who is not based in Maryland.
4. We are competitively priced with all other "legitimate" ride operators.
We hope that we may be of service to you to provide an experience and memories that will last a lifetime. We are happy to assist you in scheduling a flight, providing a gift, or to address your questions. Call or e-mail us to obtain your certificate, schedule a flight, or ask a question.
Wishing You Fair Winds,
Michael Gerred
President and Chief Pilot
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| CSZ | All Locations, MD |
| Hours | 8AM -10PM |
| Website | www.fun-flying.com |
| Additional Information | Additional Information |
| Information Request | Request Maryland Visitor Information |
| Last Updated | 3/22/2009 |
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| ***** | Sunday, August 10, 2008
I Took An Open Cockpit Bi-Plane Ride Today
Today, as a belated father's day gift I got to take a half hour ride in an open cockpit bi-plane. Wow doesn't even begin to describe it.
The trip was taken from the Harford County Maryland Airport in Churchville, about 10 minutes from Cal Ripken Stadium just outside of Aberdeen, MD.
My wife, my two children and their spouses, as well as my grandsons all showed up for the event. We were all there early and got to look at the bright yellow 1942 Stearman Navy Trainer that's been restored to mint condition and is owned by Mike Jerrod of Barnstormer Aero in Belair, MD.
Mike didn't show up until about 11:15 for an 11;30 flight and when I first saw him, I thought, "Here's a husky guy about 50 years old who I'm going to let drag me through the sunlit Maryland skies for half an hour. I hope he knows what he's doing."
Then Mike took his sunglasses off and I saw the confidence and competence in his ice blue eyes. Here was a guy who, when he talked to you, looked you right in the eye and made you feel totally confident that things were going to be lots of fun once we climbed aboard his aircraft and entered sacred airspace, i.e anywhere 2000 or more feet above the ground.
I first become enchanted with bi-planes when I saw the movie "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines". Then I read Richard Bach's and Rinker Buck's wonderful books about flying bi-planes and I, from that moment on, wanted a bi-plane ride even more than a ride in an F-16. (I've been fortunate enough to have ridden AWACS aircraft in France and in England. But after an open cockpit bi-plane ride I have to say Pfffffufff to an AWACS aircraft ride.)
Today was the day and I have to admit I had been a little nervous all week thinking about what could go wrong. That was until I met Mike Jerrod. The guy radiated confidence that was incredibly contagious and I was ready to get on with the flight. Mike asked me where I wanted to fly to and the place I suggested was too far away. He suggested that we fly out over the Susqehanna River at Havre de Grace, MD where the big river empties into the Chesapeake Bay. I said, "That sounds good to me."
With that agreed upon, Mike's assistant, a young WVU student on summer break filled me in on all the passenger rules that pertained and helped me into the front seat of the big yellow Stearman and affixed the harness that held me snugly in the front open cockpit. Mike then climbed in and we were off, rolling across the grassy runway that is used by some of the planes at the airport, especially Mike's bi-plane. We taxied down to the takeoff roll initiation point, turned and headed into the wind and with a roar the 200 horsepower eight cylinder radial engine and big wooden propeller sent us down the long grass runway and, I swear to all that's holy, it seemed like it only took us 100 feet of runway to get airborne. It took, in retrospect, probably 300 or 400 hundred feet but still an amazing experience.
Once airborne, it felt like there was no way this double winged monster could let us down, short of complete engine failure and as we climbed to what seemed like an altitude of 2000 feet and sailed above a lush green countryside I knew that, for me, this was the ultimate way to travel from one place to another. I now knew what it was like for Richard Bach and the Amis in the Lafayette Escadrille of WWI to push through the skies in a wonderful open cockpit bi-plane with the wind whipping past their ears and the feeling that if you had a big enough gas tank, you'd never come down from the skies except to eat and a very few other things.
The big yellow Stearman that Mike Jerrod was flying, as he sat about eight feet behind me felt so solid that I never felt any yaw sensation through out the entire fli | Male between 26 and 55 | 12-14-08 |
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