chuckakers 425 #1 August 16, 2004 TALENT SEARCH - NEW PLAYERS WELCOME!!! It's once again time for the Ballunar Liftoff, an incredibly fun event held at Houston's Johnson Space Center. This year's Liftoff is August 27 - 29, and we want to see you there!! We invite you for RW, CRW, or Freeflying. Our jumps will be made directly onto NASA's Jonson Space Center grounds!! Since this event is technically a demo, everyone must qualify to be on the invitation list (D license, square reserve, USPA membership, and approval by a team Captain). And of course once again this year, we'll have the famous (or infamous) pool party at Rich Delgado's beautiful home just down the street!! For those who have not participated before, let me inform you that this is one of the coolest events you'll ever attend - just ask anyone who's played with us!! The focus is on low-key, fun competition (for the RW folks) and clean CRW, and VRW. This event has become a Gulf coast tradition and has a "reunion" feel, even for first-time participants. If you're interested, please read on. The following is the official mail-out to past players, complete with event details. THIS EVENT HAS LIMITED SLOTS. PLEASE REPLY A.S.A.P. TO GET A SPOT ON THE LOAD!! If you have any questions, e-mail or call me (832-630-1213), or contact a Captain listed below!! You Are Invited to Manifest for ... 20-Way Red, White & Blue RW, CRW, & Freeflying OVER NASA! An All American Skydiving Competition and Demonstration! Ballunar Liftoff 2004! An Invitational Demonstration Skydive Event! This year's event will feature... The Skydives - 20 Way Complex Competition Relative Work Skydives! You have joined a list of 80 of the BEST skydivers you know! Soon you will be drafted (like high school dodge ball, pick'en teams) to join your Team Captains on the Red, White or Blue skydiving team. This free draft should make each of the teams very competitive and challenge the Captains to plan, organize and lead their team to victory in the NASA Skydiving Competition Demonstration! We'll be making three competitive jumps each day! And, there will be prizes for the winners!* All loads will be staged out of Ellington Field. All jumps will be made over NASA's Johnson Space Center, with landings adjacent to Rocket Park. And there’s… Exciting CRW Jumps for you CRW Dogs & Freeflyers Special Loads! The Event - Bringing Skydiving to the General Public ! The Ballunar Liftoff Festival is a not-for-profit (Its Official - 501C3) event dedicated to the promotion of Space Exploration and Aviation. Over 80 Hot Air Balloons flying in BFA competition, The Red, White, & Blue Skydiving Competition and Demonstration, The 20-Way + Progressive CRW, Hang Gliders, Vintage Aircraft, ParaMotor's and much more will thrill the general public! This year we expect over 100,000 people to attend the event! GREAT NEWS… General Admission to the event is only $10 per car load and parking is included at NASA’s Johnson Space Center! August 27, 28, 29, 2004 * A Safety Meeting and Registration on Thursday August 26th, at the Sea Brook Beach Club, 3345 NASA Rd.1, (281)326-5819. (It is not necessary to attend this meeting to participate but you must manifest to participate in the event.) * Event Registration will be held Friday August 27th, at the Holiday Inn NASA (1300 NASA Road One) from 3:00pm - 5:00pm. A Friday Night Steak Dinner at Space Center Houston will be provided for each registered skydiver. The Dinner starts at 4:30 and is over at 6:00 some come early! Here's when you find who your team mates are and start your dirt diving! If you would like to bring a Guest to dinner, please fill out the form below and add $10.00 to your check. * Friday Night includes.... Meet your Team at Space Center Houston, have a great dinner and head over to NASA’s Johnson Space Center for Dirt Dive’s and A Hot Air Balloon Glow! * On Saturday and Sunday for the Jumps we will meet at the festival and travel by bus to South West Services Company at Ellington Field. Each Team will have a different jump schedule but there will be at least three hours between your jumps, giving plenty of time to enjoy the festival and work on your dive plan. The first jump for the Red Team is at 9:00am into the Space Center. We plan to make three jumps a day, Saturday and Sunday. (Note: The festival closes at noon on Sunday, so we might accelerate the jump schedule!) Video dudes will shoot each jump! They will be your team mates throughout the competition. The video dudes must get the jump for your team to score. There will be no re-jumps for any reason, YIKES! At least one USPA certified judge will judge the competition, and video playback will be shown to the general public at the festival site and on the air-conditioned buses for post diving. (There are no protests and the Judge is always right!) * To support our Skydiving Event at the Festival, the Red, White, and Blue Teams will be sold to Corporate Sponsors. WE STILL NEED SPONSORS to provide the Uniforms (shirts & caps) and Prizes!! If you think you might know an organization interested in gaining the publicity of sponsoring a team, please contact Al Saylor at (281)435-8586. (We still need Team Sponsors for everyone to get Uniforms and Prizes!) Great Party Plans are in the works! All participants will receive V.I.P. passes to Space Center Houston and all events that are a part of Ballunar Liftoff 2004! Be prepared to do the "demo stuff", hand shaking, autographs, talking and mingling with a LARGE CROWD, kissing babies, etc. We will be providing a covered packing area, Busses to take us back to Ellington, riggers and packers on site, free drinks all day during the jumping and much more! Visit Our Web Site at http://www.ballunarfestival.com What you need to do to play is... This is UNBELIEVABLE!!! $16.00 JUMPS ! 1. Send a check for $121 to reserve your slot. That's a $25 registration fee and six (6) $16.00 jumps. Make your check payable to Ballunar Liftoff Festival, Inc., and send to Ballunar Liftoff Festival - Skydiver Registration, 1201 NASA Road One, Houston, Texas 77058. 2. Add $10.00 to your check if you want to bring a guest to dinner on Friday Night. 3. Indicate if you want a packer reserved to pack your rig. Packers will be packing for $6.00 per rig. 4. Mail your check made out to Ballunar Liftoff Festival Inc., to: Ballunar Liftoff Festival - Skydiver Registration 1201 NASA Road One Houston, Texas 77058 5. Your check must be received by August 10th to reserve your slot. Please note that this is an invitational event for D-licensed Skydivers. We are fortunate to have an excess of skydivers interested in participating in this event. You have been selected from a list of qualified skydivers and we need you to confirm your slot as soon as possible by sending in your check. If you can not attend, please e-mail SkySaylor@aol.com. 6 . Make sure your Square Reserve is in date and that it has a seal. These jumps have been approved by the FAA and are considered Demo Jumps. We will be ramp checked by the FAA. Do to the nature of this event hook turns will be strictly forbidden. A map to Ellington Field, the Space Center, hotel information and the final details of the location of the Safety Meeting and Registration will be mailed to you following our receipt of your check. This is going to be an outstanding invitational event with some great skydivers attending. We look forward to seeing you there!!! Blue Skies, Al Saylor Brad Lambert Larry Hinson Chuck Akers Bill Runyon Bryan Moffett Manifest Now! Send your Check for $121 And this Registration Form to : Ballunar Liftoff Festival Inc. Skydiver Registration 1201 NASA Road One Houston, Texas 77058 Hey! I ______________________________, would like to play! Enclosed is my check made out to Ballunar Liftoff Inc. for $_____________. I would like to bring _______, additional guests to Dinner on Friday Night. I have enclosed an additional $10.00 per guest. (Circle One) Yes - I would like to have a packer. Packers will be charging $6.00 per pack job. ( No Guarantees) No - I don't need a packer. Name:______________________________ Address:____________________________ City, State Zip:______________________ Hm #_______________________________ Wk #_______________________________ E-mail:______________________________ USPA #_____________________________ D License #__________________________ Number of Jumps:_____________________ Largest Formation:____________________ Circle One > RW CRW Freeflyer T-shirt Size___________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuckakers 425 #2 August 17, 2004 Oops - Larry Hinson has corrected an error in my post. Under the "new" rules, a C license will get you in! Hope to see ya'll there!!! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luminous 0 #3 August 26, 2004 Ok, We've done the team draw. WOOHOO! But I must say I can't believe that there are still slots available. Don't you people know how much fun this is? I hated missing it last year. Yeah, Yeah... TSR.... blah, blah, blah. It's 3 jumps, and the crowd loves it if you build just 1 point. A whole lot of other cool stuff to do during the day and way rocking parties at night. Come play if you can. Larry.'In an insane society a sane person seems insane.' Mr. Spock Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuckakers 425 #4 August 26, 2004 Gotta side with Lumi here. Ballunar Liftoff is one of the hidden "vibes" treasures that skydiving could use more of. Low key, fun-way competition, killer pool party on Saturday night, and the best vibe in skydiving events ever!!! Last minute entries permitted. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brains 2 #5 August 26, 2004 Quotekiller pool party on Saturday night, Will there be a booze luge again this year?? Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuckakers 425 #6 August 26, 2004 QuoteQuotekiller pool party on Saturday night, Will there be a booze luge again this year?? DAMN STRAIGHT!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #7 August 27, 2004 QuoteQuoteWill there be a booze luge again this year?? DAMN STRAIGHT!! Here's an exciting action photo from last year's booze luge: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
