Lake Havasu truly is a beautiful place and what an awesome perspective to view our town from.  This flight took place during the 2012 Lake Havasu Hot Air Balloon Festival and was made possible thanks to Pilot Betsy Kleiss and Crew Chief Mike Kleiss along with the Bottoms Up crew.

Betsy was introduced to ballooning at the 1990 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta and started crewing for Champaign & Urbana Pilots in 1991. Betsy obtained her private rating in 1997 and her commercial rating in1998.

Betsy and Mike have flown in, or attended, balloon rallies in Arizona, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nevada, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Canada and Mexico.

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