Special Shapes (one day out of two when they flew) Friday, October 10 th, 2014

The Broadway musical “Wicked” is playing in Albuquerque

the balloon “Wicked” was part of the early morning patrol

Setting up is always exciting

Often one has to walk inside to stretch out the balloon extensions

Crowds are allowed to walk up to the balloons

Masses of people everywhere

You can actually feel the heat

Baby, Papa & Mama Bee

Wells Fargo, inflated but did not fly

Interesting shapes and sizes

Flying next to the baby bee

Did not get to see this clown fly

Uncles Sam, always a favorite!

Uncle Sam

Pirate ship in the background

inflating

This is a good picture

Many ‘normal’ balloons fly also

Right overhead

Wish I could share the sounds with you

A popular favorite

Another that inflated but did not fly

I love the Fireman!

Another Clown balloon

Finally got up in the sky

This is a good view of the sky

The Bees!

Nice to see the Bees in the air

Yoda

Darth Vader

Darth Vader leaving

Balloon carrying 12 people

All sorts of colors

Total: Passengers & Pilots range from 01 to 16

Many different shapes & sizes

Fun to see inflate & fly

Right over the field

Many balloons ‘bump’ against each other at liftoff

German Balloon

Angry Bird Balloon

Baby Dinosaur Balloon

Bucket List item

Very tall Balloon

Wish I was there

Every balloon has a message

Zebra Balloon

Aren’t we all tourists somewhere?

Many different types of baskets

Nice!

Noah’s Ark

From the deep blue sea

I missed Smokey; I was too far north

Advertising is quite common

‘Show Me’ state

Special meaning for me

My daughters got Smokey’s card; every Pilot has a balloon card

Crowd Control

Balloon control

Audience of all ages

That’s all for this year!