Hello AAAA,

There's A LOT going on for AAAA in April... keep reading for more info...

Stop by California Pizza Kitchen (Albuq. Uptown) ANYTIME between 11am - 10pm on Wednesday, April 17th and when you show the flyer below to your waiter, 20% of all your food & beverage purchase will be donated to AAAA!

Most people will be there around 6pm for Happy Hour, but you can come at any time that day. (Mark your calendar NOW!) No need to be a AAAA member to participate... all are welcome, so share this with your friends & family!

Got Questions? Click here for our F.A.Q. on the AAAA website or email us at Ways-Means@HotAirBallooning.org

Our next Flying Event is on Saturday, April 13, 2024

Meeting Place: Joe Harris Elementary School west parking lot, Rio Rancho

Registration: 0545 - 0615

Briefing: 0615

Sunrise: 0634

Target period: 0645 - 0900

Waiver is not in effect until: 0700

Be sure that all pilot and balloon information is correct by 1700, Friday, April 12, in order to be able to fly under the waiver.

The next AAAA General Meeting will be on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at the Balloon Museum.

Social hour begins at 6 pm, and the meeting begins at 6:30 pm. We'll be on Zoom, too — but you'll have much more fun if you join us in person!

Lots of great info on the agenda, including a presentation from Albuquerque ATC about Class C at the Sunport and Class D at Double Eagle. Join us!

Flying Events - Flying-Events@HotAirBallooning.org

Community Relations - Community-Relations@HotAirBallooning.org

Education - Education@HotAirBallooning.org

Special Events - Special-Events@HotAirBallooning.org

Crew Development - Crew-Dev@HotAirBallooning.org

Ways & Means (Fundraising) - Ways-Means@HotAirBallooning.org

Will Wadsworth

President

April is an exciting time of change for AAAA. I am excited to lead an almost entirely new board of directors with a diverse background of experience and history in ballooning. The board will be meeting shortly after our flying event to set our goals and priorities for the upcoming term. Ian has some fantastic ideas for flying events moving forward, so I hope you continue to fly as many AAAA events as possible while also encouraging new pilots to come fly our events. 

I would like to thank all of the departing board members for their time and effort put into supporting ballooning in New Mexico. We will continue to advocate for ballooning in New Mexico for all as well as looking at ways to bring more benefits to AAAA membership and enticing members to return or join for the first time. I am always just an email away should anyone want to discuss AAAA. President@HotAirBallooning.org

Yours truly,

Will Wadsworth

AAAA President

Ralph Keyser

Vice President

Orele Fisher

Secretary

Tana Satterfield

Treasurer

Ian Whitling

Flying Events

Chuck Studebaker

Community Relations

Ursula Richards

Education

Kristelle Siarza Moon

Special Events

Les Peterson

Crew Development

Cynthia Lay

Ways & Means

UPDATE — The annual Letter of Authorization (LOA) between the FAA (ATC ABQ) and AAAA for operating in ABQ Class C airspace has been posted to the AAAA website.