I had a morning in the winter time.  Grass was dead and in the field we were launching from it was also very tall.  The first time I hit the burners I set the field on fire. Acting quickly I jumped out of the basket (which was still laying onContinue Reading

Congratulations Jenna Litton. You have been awarded the first Aviation Ranch Maverick Division Balloon! Yesterday the presentation was made and this morning she took her first flight! You can watch the video of the presentation in our videos section on Aviation-Ranch.comContinue Reading

Well gang the store is live!  We just put a bunch of Aviation-Ranch gear in the store today.  Tumblers, Magnets, Koozie’s and more.  Check it out.  More items coming online soon! Continue Reading

Laska is the name of the balloon.  I did not know what a Laska was other than a state. “Alaska”  I know.  Bad play on words.  So I looked it up.  There is  band named Laska and the meaning is “Deep Love” or it could be just a unicorn..Continue Reading

I was talking to a couple of pilots the other day and they use a drone to check the winds before their flight and they told me that two days in a row the drone kept them from making a horrible mistake. The first morning when the drone went up,Continue Reading

So, We have all had them. We have all had those inflation’s that we think our head is going to catch fire! Let’s examine how that happens and how we can avoid the situation. The first thing we need to do is explore a little bit of physics. We allContinue Reading