The annual Big Sky Balloon Rally sank into eastern Billings’ sunrise Sunday morning, the final flight of the four-day event. Saturday morning’s flight was canceled due to inclement wind conditions, but all other festivities went off pretty much as planned.
Karl Lengel
Several hundred attendees mingled across Amend Park Saturday evening anticipating the planned sunset balloon glow. Food trucks, kids activities and an appearance by the band DIRT kept the kids and adults happy.
The Big Sky Rally featured pilot “trading cards” for attendees to collect at this year’s event.
YPR’s Karl Lengel spoke with Jenny Rieger, one of the pilots at the rally, about a brief history of ballooning, her personal certification journey, and the possibilities for future pilots.
