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Paul began his ballooning career in 1989. You can regularly find he and his wife Penny in the skies of Northeast Ohio in their balloon Hidden Shamrock 2, a 77,000 cf Lindstrand 77A!

Liz has been a Private LTA Pilot since 2022. You can regularly find her in the skies of Northeast Ohio in her balloon Shenanigans, a 90,000 cf Aerostar RX-8.

Emily began her ballooning career in 1992 and has been a Private LTA Pilot since 2022. You can regularly find her in the skies of Northeast Ohio in her balloons Royal Fortune, a 105,000 cf Kubíček BB30Z and Queen Anne's Revenge, a 77,500 cf Aerostar RX-7.

Missy has been an LTA Pilot since 1985. She can regularly be found with her husband Tim in their 77,000 cf Cameron O-77, Kismet 2 or flying this RC balloon called Almost. This is a replica of her very first balloon called Teachers Pet. It was an Avian Balloon.

Marie has been an LTA pilot since 1998. She has flown numerous balloons in that time. Marie was also the recipient of NOPBA's highest honor, the Gail Myers Founders Award, in 2023.

Although he has only been around balloning for a few years, Anthony has racked up many crew hours across the United States. He has also recently started his student pilot journey in his 90,000cf Cameron called "Boomerang".