Gather with your licensed and certified pilot and his crew outside a Bob Evan’s Restaurant located approximately 12 miles north of downtown Tampa in the Temple Terrace area. You will meet them about an hour before sunrise. From there, your pilot will drive you to one of over ten different launch fields available to us in the northeastern Hillsborough and southern Pasco County areas. The exact locations of the launch and landing fields are determined by wind conditions on the morning of the flight and at the discretion of the pilot.
Our hot air balloon ground crew stays in radio contact with the balloon pilot and is normally in the landing field before the balloon lands. Very seldom is this the same field that the balloon was launched from since we travel with the wind.
After a traditional champagne toast with our pilot and ground crew after the flight, your pilot will return you to the Bob Evan’s Restaurant where you first met for a complimentary sit-down breakfast.
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