Skychariot Balloons
Keith Sproul's
Tetrahedron Hot Air Balloons
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| Date (2012) | Event | Location | Web Site | |
| Oct 26-28 | Pirates of the Canyon Amarillo Invitational Balloon Rally | Palo Duro State Park Amarillo, TX | www.piratesofthecanyon.com www.balloonamarillo.org Canyon Pictures | |
| Date (2011) | Event | Location | Web Site | |
| June 17-18 | West Chester County Balloon Festival | West Chester, PA | ||
| Oct 28-30 | Pirates of the Canyon Amarillo Invitational Balloon Rally | Palo Duro State Park Amarillo, TX | www.piratesofthecanyon.com www.balloonamarillo.org Canyon Pictures | |
| Date (2010) | Event | Location | Web Site | |
| Oct 2-10 | Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Pilot John Hofer | Albuquerque, NM | www.aibf.org | |
| Oct 22-24 | Pirates of the Canyon Amarillo Invitational Balloon Rally Pilot Debbie Sproul | Amarillo, TX | www.piratesofthecanyon.com Palo Duro Canyon Pictures | |
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| Date (2009) | Event | Location | Web Site | |
| Sept 3-7 | New York State Festival of Balloons Pilot Debbie Sproul | Dansville, NY | www.nysfob.com | |
| Oct 3-11 | Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Pilot Debbie Sproul | Albuquerque, NM | www.aibf.org | |
| Oct 30 - Nov 1 | Pirates of the Canyon Amarillo Invitational Balloon Rally Pilot Debbie Sproul | Amarillo, TX | www.piratesofthecanyon.com Palo Duro Canyon Pictures | |
| Dec 4-7 | Red Rock Balloon Rally Pilot Debbie Sproul | Gallup, NM | www.redrockballoonrally.com | |
| Date (2007) | Event | Location | Web Site | |
| Mar 24 - Apr 2 | Emmental Balloon Week | Hasle-Ruegsau Switzerland | www.emmentaler-ballonwoche.ch www.skychariot.com/switzerland.html | |
| Jun 1-3 | Experimental LTA (XLTA) | Amherst, MA | www.xlta.org | |
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| Date (2008) | Event | Location | Web Site | |
| Feb 1-3 | Meteor Crater | Winslow, AZ | www.skychariot.com/meteorcrater | |
| Oct 4-12 | Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta | Albuquerque, NM | www.aibf.org | |
| Date (2007) | Event | Location | Web Site | |
| Jun 1-3 | Experimental LTA (XLTA) | Amherst, MA | www.xltaweb.com | |
| Oct 5-14 | Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta | Albuquerque, NM | www.aibf.org | |
| Oct 26-28 | Pirates of the Canyon Amarillo Invitational Balloon Rally | Amarillo, TX | www.balloonamarillo.org Palo Duro Canyon Pictures | |
| Nov 30 - Dec 2 | Red Rock Balloon Rally | Gallup, NM | www.redrockballoonrally.com | |
| Date (2006) | Event | Location | Web Site | |
| Jun 2-4 | Experimental LTA (XLTA) | Amherst, MA | www.xltaweb.com | |
| Oct 7-15 | Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta | Albuquerque, NM | www.aibf.org | |
| Dec 1-3 | Red Rock Balloon Rally | Gallup, NM | www.redrockballoonrally.com | |
| Date (2005) | Event | Location | Web Site | |
| May 27-30 | Letchworth Red, White & Blue Balloon Rally | Letchworth State Park, NY | www.balloonsoverletchworth.com www.skychariot.com/letchworth.html | |
| Jun 17-19 | Summer Heat Balloon Festival | Muncie, IN | Summer Heat Balloon Festival | |
| July 15-17 | Jackson Hot Air Jubilee | Jackson, MI | www.hotairjubilee.com | |
| Sept 2-4 | New York State Festival of Balloons | Dansville, NY | www.nysfob.com | |
| Sept 9-11 | Atlantic Balloon Festival | Sussex, NB, Canada | atlanticballoonfiesta.ca | |
| Oct 1-9 | Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta | Albuquerque, NM | www.aibf.org | |
| Dec 2-4 | Red Rock Balloon Rally | Gallup, NM | www.redrockballoonrally.com | |
| Date (2004) | Event | Location | Web Site | |
| Sept 11 | Raritan Twp Day | Raritan Twp, NJ | ||
| Sept 24-26 | Keystone International Balloon Festival | Lancaster, PA | ||
| Oct 2-10 | Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta | Albuquerque, NM | www.aibf.org | |
| Dec 3-5 | Holiday Balloon Fest | Battle Creek, MI | www.holidayballoonfest.com | |
Click here for Keith & Debbie's Complete Schedule
Click here for Keith & Debbie's Previous Years Schedules
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Project started October 29, 2005 | |
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Cold Inflation, Feb 8, 2006 | |
Hot Inflation, Mar 8, 2006 | |
Even Mother Nature likes this shape | |
| Trip to Switzerland March-Apr 2007 www.skychariot.com/switzerland.html | |
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Albuquerque 2009 | |
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 Albuquerque Blaser Tet Pictures by BJ Taylor | |
Red Rock Balloon Festival, Gallup NM 2009 | |
   Gallup, NM Red Rocks Balloon Festival, Pilot Debbie Sproul | |
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Hot Inflation, Mon August 23rd, 2004 | |
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FAA Inspection, Harrisburg, PA, Saturday, September 4th, 2004 (am) | |
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First Flight, Saturday, September 4th, 2004 (pm) | |
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Tether, Tuesday, Sept 7th, 2004Note: Parachute Artwork is now finished | |
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| It glows GREAT! | |
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5th Flight, Sunday September 12th, 2004A view from below | |
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A view from above (Abq 2004) | |
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Flight in Lancaster Pa, Sept 2004 | |
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Flights in Albuquerque 2004 | |
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Albuquerque 2004, A View from Above | |
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Red Rock Balloon Rally Dec 2005, sitting on a rock | |
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Red Rock Balloon Rally Dec 2005, Near Church Rock | |
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Red Rock Balloon Rally Dec 2005 What we saw looking back | |
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Albuquerque 2007, Dawn Patrol | |
 Picture by LT Swistoski | |
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NYSFOB Dansville, NY Sept 2008 | |
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Albuquerque 2008, Dawn Patrol | |
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Albuquerque 2008, Landing | |
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 Picture from by Facebook, by Elaine Heiland "Wings of Wind - Pilot Keith Sproul.... This photo was taken on Oct 7th,2008. It was a beautiful Ballon. Keith is a wonderful survivor of Ballooning. God Bless Him... " | |
 Jim Rodrigue's Tatoos | |
Last updated 3/23/2021
Number of ballloons = 24
Number of Pictures = 41
List of Known Tetrahedron Hot Air Balloons(Chronological Order) | ||||||
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| Registration | Builder | Name | Location | Year Built | Size | |
| First Prev 1 Next Last | ||||||
| N-? | Raven Industries (Aerostar) | SD | 1973 | 56,000 cu ft? | ||
 Picture courtesy of Greg Winker | ||||||
| First Prev 2 Next Last | ||||||
| N-? | Tracy Barnes | Solar Firefly | NC | 1973 | 203,120 cu ft | |
 Picture courtesy of Balloon Life, Jan 1993 | ||||||
 Picture courtesy of Malcolm McLeod, Regina, SK., Canada Picture taken at Red Deer, Alberta, Canada 1978 | ||||||
 Picture from FaceBook (Parker Russo) | ||||||
| First Prev 3 Next Last | ||||||
| - | Raven Industries | Condor | Peru | 1975 | Smoke Balloon | |
 Balloon Flown in Peru by Julian Nott & Jim Woodman in 1975 Photograph by Larry Dale Gordon | ||||||
| First Prev 4 Next Last | ||||||
| - | Bert Padelt | Condor II | Peru | 2002 | ||
 Balloon Flown in Peru by Julian Nott & Peter Cuneo in 2002 Pictures © Julian Nott 2002, See www.nott.com Julian Nott's Nazca Balloon Flight Web Page | ||||||
 Pictures © Julian Nott 2002 | ||||||
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| First Prev 5 Next Last | ||||||
| N-3213B | GA | 2002? | 37,000 cu ft | |||
 Originally made for Tim Cole, then sold to David Harwell in GA, then to Dan Jones in GA | ||||||
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| First Prev 6 Next Last | ||||||
| N-72KX | Keith Sproul | Wings of Wind | NJ | 2004 | 75 | |
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| http://www.skychariot.com/tetrahedron | ||||||
| First Prev 7 Next Last | ||||||
| N-2536K | Steve Hunter | Tetrah | CO | March 2005 | ||
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| First Prev 8 Next Last | ||||||
| N-9713T | Keith Sproul | Blaser Tet | NJ | Feb 2006 | 46,000 cu ft | |
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| http://www.skychariot.com/tetrahedron | ||||||
| First Prev 9 Next Last | ||||||
| N-? | Andy Richardson | IN | 2006 | 94,000 cu ft | ||
 In progress, making a HUGE Black, Purple and Blue Tetrahedron (Still not done as of 9/10/2010) | ||||||
| First Prev 10 Next Last | ||||||
| N-8173 | Greg Winker | 007 ? | WA | May 2007 | 27,000 cu ft | |
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 First Flight | ||||||
 Picture from FaceBook | ||||||
| First Prev 11 Next Last | ||||||
| N-7035T | Bob LeDoux | OR | May 2007 | 72,000 cu ft | ||
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| First Prev 12 Next Last | ||||||
| N-? | Fred Williams | FL | 2008 | 40,000? | ||
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 12/7/2008 First Inflation Pictures by Terri Konash (From Aunty Monkey) | ||||||
| First Prev 13 Next Last | ||||||
| N-72KX | Keith Sproul | Star Tet | NJ | Aug 2010 | 75 | |
 8/14/2010 First inflation Solberg Airport, Readington, NJ | ||||||
 Albuquerque, 2010 Picture by Donna Warren | ||||||
| http://www.skychariot.com/tetrahedron | ||||||
| First Prev 14 Next Last | ||||||
| N-528BA | Bob Romaneschi | Magic Hat | AZ | Summer 2007 | ||
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| First Prev 15 Next Last | ||||||
| N-? | Larry Nelson | 2011 | 46 | |||
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| First Prev 16 Next Last | ||||||
| VH-XTB | Nigel Flynn | Australia | 2012 | 70,000 cu ft | ||
 Project started 2011 | ||||||
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 5/15/2012 First Inflation | ||||||
| First Prev 17 Next Last | ||||||
| n/a | Keith Sproul | NJ | April 2004 | 4,000 cu ft? | ||
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| First Prev 18 Next Last | ||||||
| n/a | England | Picture taken Summer 2010 | R/C | |||
 Pictures from FaceBook by Jamie Edwards | ||||||
| First Prev 19 Next Last | ||||||
| OO-BEL | Mathieu Dekock | Belgium | R/C | |||
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 Picture by Dominique Viard | ||||||
 Picture by Dominique Viard | ||||||
| First Prev 20 Next Last | ||||||
| D-OTET | Frank Schnelle | Germany | R/C | |||
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| First Prev 21 Next Last | ||||||
| n/a | France | R/C | ||||
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| First Prev 22 Next Last | ||||||
| OO-MLM | Robin Thijs | Belgium | R/C | |||
 Picture from FaceBook | ||||||
| First Prev 23 Next Last | ||||||
| RC | Bob Baker | UK? | R/C | |||
 Picture from FaceBook | ||||||
| First Prev 24 Next Last | ||||||
| RC | UK | R/C | ||||
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If you know of other Tetrahedron Hot Air Balloons, please let me know
ksproul@skychariot.com