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Aaron Zippy Richter
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- Saranac, MI
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thank-you, i was actually going for a picture of some deer that were just looking up at the balloon and ended up catching this instead, so i cropped out the deer needless to say.
Yup, I sent it to you in an email.
its called going up HOT maybe a little too hot.
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- Saranac, MI
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- well lets see where to start. i guess the begining is always the best place. i got started in ballooning when i was just a little little kid my dad used to crew for woody watson. then for some reason we just stopped going when i was 6 or 7. then i started crewing once again in 2004. not only do i crew for woody but i also crew for several other balloons in the area as well. let just say i cant get enough of this fine sport. And I have finally started my training for my own balloon license!!!!!!
Now as for crewing experiences, I've crewed for Re-Max and Michigan Cat(both corporate balloons with alot of road trips). crewed on various sizes from a 56 all the way up to a 140 cu. ft. , also crewed on various makes lindstrand, areostar, cameron, two balloon works, for a grand total of over 250hours crewing. With just a couple more items to go and then I will have achieved the BFA's Master Crew Cheif Rating.
I would love to someday hookup with a full time commercial pilot and travel the US or just a few states and crew. But I would love for it to be a full time job even if it is for a special shape.
Unfortunately Colorado did not work out for me and I am now back in Michigan with friends and family. Colorado was great and opened my eyes as well to different things. I also had the chance to go to Albuquerque this year although I was just there for the first weekend IT WAS AWESOME.
Now I am just anxiously waiting for warmer weather and the flying season to start back up. This year I am hoping to learn a couple of new systems and achieve the Master Crew Cheif rating from the BFA.
Safety first, gentle journeys and soft landings.
For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you'll long to return.
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The Adventures of Zippy
You see it was the week before the Greenville Event and I had set up one of Tom Bergeon’s Re-Max Cold Air Balloon’s outside the Re-Max Office in Greenville. As the week went by that cold air ended up with a few stories to go with it; as well as myself.
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Comment Wall (57 comments)
- At 2:22pm on September 14, 2009,
Tom Jones said…
- Just joined up last week to help promote the camp a little. Also trying to ttouch base with a few pilots from around the country I have worked with.
- At 8:42am on August 14, 2009,
Phil Whittington said…
- You are the first,
pw
- At 3:56am on August 5, 2009,
Austin Burrows said… - Hey
Yea Hopefully they have a stand or something.
AUstin
- At 2:37pm on July 31, 2009,
Mark Enszer said…
- Hook me up with an Albuquerque bumper sticker! It has me and Dave Adams flying along side the mountains!! Isn't photoshop a marvelous tool?!
- At 12:29pm on July 31, 2009,
earl parker said… - where are nationals at. do i have to pay for any thing. who will i crew for
- At 12:12pm on July 30, 2009,
Randy Dunne said…
- Hi Zippy, Not very well, the wx has been poor and I have not been up since I left Fla. If dsyou are up here any tome look me up nand I could sure use all the help I can get. Have you heard from woodie? I'd love you two to come up and fly with me sometime I really need experience up here. Flying alone is intimidating to say the least. Tell Woodie I said hello. I hope you guys can make it up here. Talk to you soon.
Randy
- At 8:35am on July 19, 2009,
- Hi Zippy,
I'm back in Mi lookin for crew give me a shout. Ph 231-499-9361
- At 2:14pm on May 24, 2009,
David Seekell said…
- Congrats!! I still remember that feeling of starting my flight training. I am sure you will soon be flying the skies with us all.
- At 6:36am on May 18, 2009,
- Glad to hear that you're getting some PIC time!!
See you soon.....Dickerson's, Charlotte,....
- At 3:55am on March 6, 2009,
Kristin Romer said… - Hi Aaron,
I travel to the other side of the state (Fenton area) to crew and learn to fly. Shouldn't be too much longer and I'll be able to fly closer to home. Can't wait!!! And BTW.. . Welcome back to Michigan. : )
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