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Columbia Balloon Invitational
Aug. 22 to 24
Schedule of Events
Friday, Aug. 22
7 a.m. Media flight (Corporate Lake)
- Participants in this year's Columbia Balloon Invitational discuss some of the challenges they'll face during this weekend's competition.
- Layne Walters attempts to hold a balloon steady while it inflates in a field at Corporate Lake Park on Friday. Steady winds and wet landing areas kept many pilots on the ground Friday morning.
- Fred Schoening of Moberly makes final preparations to the basket of the 'Yankee Doodle' balloon at Corporate Lake Park on Friday.
4 p.m. Event opens
6 p.m. Pilot briefing
6:30 p.m. Balloons launch from Corporate Lake
Saturday, Aug. 23
6:30 a.m. Event opens
6 a.m. Sanctioned competition pilot briefing
6:30 a.m. Competition flight from surrounding area into Corporate Lake
6:30-9:30 a.m. Balloons will be flying into target at Corporate Lake
3 p.m. Events site opens
5:30 p.m. Pilot briefing for mass ascension
6 p.m. Mass balloon ascension from Corporate Lake
8-9 p.m. Balloon illumination at Corporate Lake
Sunday, Aug. 24
6:30 a.m. Event opens
6 a.m. Sanctioned competition pilot briefing
6:30 a.m. Competition flight from surrounding area into Corporate Lake
6:30-9:30 a.m. Balloons will be flying into target at Corporate Lake
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