Hey! Do you like balloon photos, I mean really like balloon photos. Well I have put together a balloon photo CD. It's taken me over ten years to put together this collection. It has over 3000 Balloon Photos (yes that's right over three thousand!) And I'm not talking about 3000 crumby photos, put in just to increase the numbers, either. They are the best out of over 30,000 that I had to choose from. There isn't one crumby or even ordinary photo in the lot. There are special shapes, balloon rally photos, super scenic shots, etc. Yes there are also photos taken of and from the Long View balloon (like the ones, below) but there are only just over a hundred of those. The 2900+ remaining are photos of other balloons taken from all around the world. This collection is on an auto-play CD. Just drop it in your computer's CD player and in about 30 seconds it will start playing the photos automatically and randomly. I am selling this CD for only $10.00, which includes shipping and handling to anywhere in the US. If you'd like one, send a check or a well wrapped 10 dollar bill to: Long View Balloon Photos, 73 West Main St., Cummington, MA 01026   OR you can click the BUY NOW button below to use your credit card. (Out of US - E-mail me ( volkvolk@verizon.net ) & I'll give you a price.)

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Long View Ballooning Photo Gallery

Here are some photos taken of the Long View Balloon, or taken from the Long View Balloon

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An impromptu tether after a flight at the Cambridge Balloon Festival, 2004

The Babe Ruth Corn Maze in Sunderland MA. Every year it's different. This was 2002

Coming in for a "Splash-n-dash" in my first balloon 11/01

Beautiful downtown Cummington. my hometown, as seen from the balloon Jan '04

First flight of the new balloon 7/31/02 out of the White Birch Campground, Whately, MA.

Find the Long View Balloon in this photo taken of the St. Jean-sur-Richeleau, Quebec Balloon Festival. This was the 2005 contest photo.

Crew members Vicki & Lucy flank Brian Jones, the first person to fly around the world in a balloon. Our trip to Gatineau Quebec 9/07

Looking back at the 2001 Adirondack Balloon Festival.

Campaigning for my friend, now Judge, Fritz Becker, 10/02

Flying over UMass summer of '07. Ask me or the crew about the "land on a dime" story

Taking off from White Birch Campground - Whately 8/02

This guy landed right next to us at the Montreal Balloon Festival, 8/03

Flying by Greenfield's Poet's Seat - Media Flight for the Green River Festival, July '06

Playing LeapFrog across Pittsfield on a flight with Paul Sena, Fall 2004 (My turn to jump over)

The logo for the West West Cummington Balloonists Association (at 2 members we are the largest balloon club in Mass.)

Looking up inside at the parachute top of the balloon

Winter: my favorite time to fly. Coming in to land @ Look Park 2/03.

Fall foliage season, another great time to fly. Over my neighbor (& pilot) Scott Magoon's field, 10/03.

Inflating at the Barrie Ontario Winter Carnival, Feb '04. Temp was minus 5 F.

Reflection picture as we are coming in for a Splash-n-Dash into the Racquette River near Potsdam NY

One of my favotite speciaol shaped balloons is the upside down Humpty Dumpty. I took this picture while studemt pilot Vicki flew over Ottawa Ontaeio.

At Sheldon's Ice Cream, Southampton, MA, early May 2004

View few people see of Mt. Sugarloaf (S. Deerfield) Corn Maze flight '04

I took this picture of Murray Conrad doing a splash-n-dash. 5 min. later he returned the favor by taking the photo to the right.

Splash-n-Dash in the Rio Grande. Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta 10/05 (taken from about where the blue and white balloon was in the last photo)

In addition to the more than 3000 balloon photos on the CD I also have a collection of aerial photos taken from the balloon that I have not added to the CD. These aerial photos are of local towns and scenery and may not be of general interest, but if you'd like I can e-mail you photos that I have taken over the following towns (free of charge) (all MA unless specified):

Cambridge, NY, Chesterfield (by Bisbee Lumber), Chesterfield Gorge, the Connecticut River (numerous shots from Greenfield to Holyoke), Coolidge Bridge (Northampton/Hatfield), Cummington (of course), Goshen, Hadley, Hatfield, Marietta, PA, Look Park, Mt. Sugarloaf, Mt.Tom, Northampton, the Northampton Jail, the Oxbow, Paxton, Pittsfield, Plainfield, Richmond, South Deerfield, Southampton, Sunderland, the Sunderland Corn Mazes, U Mass, West Cummington, West West Cummington, Westhampton, Whately, Windsor, Worthington