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A hot air balloon flight is the PERFECT GIFT - Purchase On-Line Certificate Now - Fly Later!

Book your flight for our 2009 flying season Now!! Create on line animated-musical gift certificate in minutes. It will be available immediately for showing. A $75.00 deposit per person will hold that date for you. Good dates will be going fast. Email or call.

We welcome you to the wonderful world of ballooning in Maryland! Our champagne flights take place over beautiful Howard & Carroll Counties at sunrise and two hours before sunset. Capture the moment and treat yourself and a loved one to a most rewarding experience on "DREAMPUFF BALLOON" or "DREAMSTAR BALLOON".

Ron Broderick is your pilot and has an FAA commercially rated license for flying hot air balloons. He is a member of the:
Balloon Federation of America,
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Assn(AOPA),
John Wise Balloon Society.

We participate each year in several Balloon Festivals on the East Coast including:
York County PA Parks Balloon Festival in June
New York State Festival of Balloons in September.

Rates:

Regular Flight -- $250.00 per person for a 45-60+ minute flight. We plan flights seven days a week at sunrise and 2 1/2 hours before sunset.

Romantic Flight for Two -- $650.00 per couple for a 45-60+ minute flight for you and that someone special alone with the pilot. Our sweetheart flights are scheduled Monday-Thursday only. If special request- call us... Are wedding proposal plans in the works? Or, do you want to treat your spouse/sweetheart to a unique experience of a hot air balloon ride?

Special Rate Discounts:

-- Repeat flyers of Friendship Hot Air Balloon will receive a 10% discount on their next regular balloon ride purchase.
-- Group or family discounts apply on the regular 45-60 minute flights when you book 3 or 4 on the same flight. Call for quote.
-- NSA(DOD) employees receive a 10% discount on regular flights.

Limitations:

We can carry up to 4 passengers at a time --BUT for safety reasons--
---maximum weight per individual passenger is 280 pounds.
---the heat of the day and total weight of passengers determine how many persons can fly each flight. We can carry up to a maximum weight of 700 pounds combined for all four passengers on a cool day. The warmer the day, the less weight we can carry.

The Balloonists' Prayer The Winds have Welcomed you with softness. The Sun has blessed you with its warm hands. You have flown so high and so well, that God has joined you in your laughter. And He has set you gently back again into the loving arms of Mother Earth.

Contact us for referrals to other balloonists in Maryland and the rest of the world!!!!
Email Flights@BallooningUSA.com, or call 410-442-5566 to speak to the pilot.

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