Up for bid is all you need to run a successful hot air balloon ride business (except your FAA ballooning license – that you have to get yourself) Bargain hunters be aware that if you had to buy all this stuff, even if you shopped around for the best price, you'd pay over $100,000 for it all. By everything I mean

Hot air balloon -16 Gore Galaxy 7 envelope with Velcro for 3 banners  (See photo #2 of the balloon with banners on)

Raven – Aerostar wicker basket w/ two 20 gallon laydown stainless steel tanks (I don't think you can even get stainless steel tanks today. They're all cheaper aluminum) The tanks are insulated and have surround electric heaters for late season & winter flying. (See the website for the joys of winter flying)

Website http://www.longviewballooning.com/ See the website which I designed and can easily custom modify for you, This site averages well over 30 hits/day. Check out the stats page http://www.longviewballooning.com/stats

800# - I will transfer my 800# to you (It's on the side of the trailer – I get a lot of calls simply by people seeing us

Call me on it at 1-800-286-5401 or if busy, call 412-634-5401, as you probably have more questions than I can answer in this write-up (Or you can E-mail me at volkvolk@verizon.net

Trailer – 17 ft. by Southwest     Well decorated (see photos) w/ Large double door cabinet for storage of all sorts of stuff.

Custom-made basket dolly This allows me alone to take the basket in and out of the trailer (I don't know of any other balloonist that can do that. It's the envy of other pilots at balloon festivals- see photo)

Inflation Fan with 8hp Honda engine

Weather Stations: I bought a sophisticated weather station and mounted the sensing end on my roof. Then when I went out to Albequerque one of the pilot gifts (when you go to balloon festivals you also get pilot gifts) was an even more sophisticated weather station which I never installed. You'll get the Albequerque weather station and if you're willing to go out on my roof when you come to pick up the balloon (my MS wouldn't be too good on a roof) the original one as well.

Radios: 3 sets of rechargeable walkie talkies - 2 aircraft radios - 1 more set of walkie talkies that shows a graphic display of where the other one is

Tether ropes 150 ft. w/ Carrying container

2 Dozen champagne glasses There is a wall cabinet in the trailer for 6 glasses

Over 2 dozen crew T-shirts, M-XL See pictures 10 & 11

This business is incorporated in MA and the balloon js FAA registered to the corporation, so a sale to you is really a stock transfer to you (which will make everything much easier. You can keep it as a MA corporation, no matter what state you're from, or if you're from another state and wantto incorpoeate there I can help. I'm a lawyer let me explain all the advantages of incorporation

900+ Give away CDs of balloon photos with Long View Ballooning and the 800# printed on them. (These are better than business cards or advertising brochures)

All kinds of extra stuff too numerous to mention from bungee chords and hold-downs to a large American flag that hangs from under the basket most days and a pirate flag that hangs beneath it on those days that the crew is in a pirate mood to pirate hats for those days and Santa hats for December flying. There are probably 20 gloves in the trailer, maybe even 3 pairs match

Speaking of pilot gifts from balloon festivals you always get a T-shirt as a gift (sometimes more than one). I have about 30 (XL) I can let you have to wear on balloon flights. (You don't have to tell your passengers that you weren't there.)