Grand Traverse Balloons demonstrates hot-air balloon lift-offs, 2011

Event

Date: 2011-09-09
Kind: Occurrence
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: recreationtourismcommunitytransportation
Within: Beaver Island

On September 9, Butch Hogarth brought Jeff Geiger and the Grand Traverse Balloons crew to Beaver Island for lift-off demonstrations. The crew first worked with schoolchildren and later offered rides from a site near the Convent. The article calls this Beaver Island’s first balloon event and speculates about a future balloon festival, while noting that wind would determine where balloons landed.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October 2011, "Gas Giant Nears Earth."
Reports Butch Hogarth's September 9 visit by Jeff Geiger and the Grand Traverse Balloons crew, school participation, rides near the Convent, and discussion of a possible future balloon festival. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, October 2011, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held October issue scan confirms the corresponding OCR report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Grand Traverse Balloons demonstrates hot-air balloon lift-offs, 2011”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-grand-traverse-balloons-lift-offs-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2011, "Gas Giant Nears Earth." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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