ClipAway Ballooning & Hobbies

Life is too short to sit still
Home     Contact Us     About Us     Site Map      
ClipAway Arts_Int pics
More Paperclip Art pics
Balloon pictures 1
Balloon pictures 2
StJean sur Richelieu
ClipAway Engagement album
Balloon Crew Notes
Events for ClipAway
NJ HAB Weather
Favorite Links
M S Charity
Quick Calculations
Canada HAB Weather
Balloon Festival Pictures from

St.Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Canada August 1998, 2002-2007


Clicking on the following will transport you directly, rather than scrolling

Pictures from 1998 festival
Pictures from 2002 festival
Pictures from 2003 festival
Pictures from 2004 festival
Pictures from 2005 festival
Pictures from 2006 festival
Pictures from 2007 festival

 

1998

 Floating over the Richelieu River

(photo by Jenn Goldbloom)
 

 

 That's me dismantaling the burner after the flight

(photo by Jenn Goldbloom)

 Balloons taking off from the airport

(photo by Gene Burnstein)

 

 Celebrating with the landowners after the flight. Starting at top left: 3 landowners, and crew: Pascale, Martin, Nathale, Maryse, Gene(me),and Carole

(photo by Jenn Goldbloom)

Locomotive taking off from the airport

(photo by Gene Burnstein)

 

---Back to Top





2002

2002 - Looking back at the balloons setting up at the airport


(photo by Blair Beard)

2002 - ClipAway Balloon over the Richelieu River

(photo from local Canadian Newspaper)
--
Note: click on the picture and a larger 1.2mb picture appears in a
new window 

 

 

---Back to Top

 
 
2003

2003 - ClipAway Balloon between the trees
(photo by Barney)
--
Note: click on the picture and a larger 1.2mb picture appears in a new window
2003 - Flying over farmland (photo by Gene)  
 

2003 ClipAway"s handlers: Mario, Jean-Jacques, Pierre, Gene (pilot), Dominique


---Back to Top 

2004
Future Balloonist (or why did everyone walk away from me)??
(photo by Gene)
 (photo by Gene) 

 AHHHH I"ve got just the thing for you .....


(photo by Gene)

 


2004 ClipAway"s handlers (Top L-R):
Jean-Jacques, Dominique, Mario, Pierre, Sylvain
Gene (pilot) kneeling  

 

 

---Back to Top

2005
Stephanie and Marie-Claude enjoy hanging out in the sky (photo by Gene)
 ClipAway landed before the rains came (photo by Jenn Goldbloom)


---Back to Top 
2006
Watching balloons filling the sky as they cross over the Richelieu River  
 Finally after a few years Dominique"s mom gathered up the courage to take flight in "ClipAway".
I snapped this picture as we descended to 4000 feet just after the crew called to ask how she was doing (is there really any question?)

After landing, "mom" was ready to go again!!
My crew and I together enjoying a dinner. Starting on the left: Olivier, Katrine, Stephanie, Pierre, Dominique, and myself


---Back to Top 
 
2007
Balloons adding color to the morning sky (credit: Marie Giroux, Daniel Auger)
 Balloons waltzing over the cloud reflection on the Richelieu River 
 Balloons invading a quiet neighborhood (credit: The Bedard family) 

Thanks to my 2007 crew -- Without you it would not have been possibel for me to fly ALL 9 days of the festival!!
Top L-R Michael, Jacqueline, Dominique, Myself, Stephanie. Bottom L-R Joanie and Valerie

 

 

---Back to Top