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Why Balloon America is your
best choice for ballooning in Tucson:
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1. The ONLY Professional Company.
Balloon America has been in the balloon
tour business on a full time basis since 1982. Our competitors are all part time amateur balloonists, having just recently
gotten into the business of flying paying passengers to make a few extra bucks on the weekend. They ALL have other full
time occupations and will frequently cancel your confirmed flight just because they don't feel like getting out of bed.
All of our pilots are FULL TIME, FAA CERTIFIED COMMERCIAL PILOTS. Balloon tours are our ONLY business, so we devote 100%
of our time and energy toward our job as a professional tour operation. The difference is obvious when you call our competitors,
and we're pleased to provide you with their phone numbers so you can see for yourself!
2. The ONLY Company With Available Leather Seats and Seat Belts.
Our wide body baskets
are designed specifically to carry passengers, not sport balloons never designed for carrying passengers with no personal
space on board. You wouldn't stand up and fly in a jet or any other aircraft - yet that is exactly what our competitors FORCE
you to do! On our First Class flights you can either sit or stand. Leather Seats and seatbelts are an unprecedented extra
level of comfort and safety than no one else can offer - an industry exclusive to Balloon America.
3. Experience.
During our 25 years in business we have flown over 150,000 passengers
in complete comfort and security. Thats more than 20 times the amount that all of our competion has flown combined!
WE HAVE NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT
OR INCIDENT, AND WE CHALLANGE
ANYONE TO PROVE OTHERWISE.
We
are extremely proud of our 100% flawless safety record.
4.
The Best Pilots in the World.
Our pilots have been carefully selected from among the best in the world.
Our Chief Pilot has over 6,200 hours of experience flying balloons and additional experience in blimps and other classes of
aircraft. He holds a Commercial Pilot's license issued by the United States Federal Aviation Administration along with one
issued by the much more demanding British Civil Aviation Authority.
5. Convenient Location.
We're the only company conveniently
located just 10 to 15 minutes drive from most major resorts and hotels. All of the rest fly from remote unauthorized locations
or meet you in the parking lot of a donut shop next to the freeway, often requiring an additional 45 minute drive following
them in heavy rush hour traffic just to reach your takeoff point in the barren desert.
6. Recommendations.
Call any of the large, full service resorts and ask to speak to the concierge - they'll recommend Balloon America
as being the best.
7. Scenery.
In Tucson we fly just one half mile away - and frequently closer - to the Santa Catalina and Rincon Mountain
Ranges - majestic sky islands that soar to almost 10,000 feet above sea level. Our competitors fly along the Interstate
10 freeway corridor, over vast subdivisions of tract housing, trailer parks and even a sewage treatment plant!
8. Altitude.
We
fly at altitudes from 1,000 to 5,000 feet above the ground, for views of all of Southeastern Arizona. Due to the requirement
to stay in low altitude wind flow drainages on the west side of Tucson
- and exit congested areas for landing - our competitors hug the ground and rarely fly
above 200 feet.
9. Attitude.
Our pilots
show up for your flight clean shaven in pressed khaki pants and white pilot shirts with epaulets. We know how to dress for success. Our vehicles are washed daily - we understand that first impressions
count with potentially apprehensive passengers. We never allow our pilots to wear dirty jeans and t-shirts like
our competition. Our 15 passenger luxury window van is reserved for passengers only. We don't carry crew, dogs (like our
competitors) or equipment in this van. Your post flight Mimosa toast is served in chilled crystal champagne flutes at a beautiful
private duck pond with tables and chairs to relax in - instead of standing along side a dirt road and drinking from styrofoam
cups.
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OTAY, I'm sold. I wanna make a reservation!
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I'm still a weenie and don't want to live life to the fullest, take me home, NOW.
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