Pilots – Time to REGISTER!

Pilot Registration for the 2024 Rio Grande Classic is Now Open!

The 2024 Rio Grande Classic Event including the BFA/HACD sanctioned Southwest Regional Championship, and the New Mexico State Championship is being held May 24-27, 2024! Our Event Director for this year will be Elisa Talbert! Register today! Registration closes April 1, 2024.

 

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SPONSORSHIPS are Available!

Top Gun, New Mexico’s non-profit competition balloon club, has been hosting our Rio Grande Classic Competition Event over Memorial Day weekend for over 30 years. This year, we are also hosting the NM State and the Southwest Region Hot Air Balloon Championships. Pilots will be coming to the Albuquerque and Rio Rancho Metro Areas from all over the United States to compete in this sanctioned event. Balloons attract people, people become customers!

We need our Sponsors! Sponsors receive an incredible package of Sponsor benefits including Advertising, Balloon Rides, Displays, and other great amenities. We will make your name known in New Mexico and Nationally through your support of New Mexico Ballooning! Won’t you join us with a sponsorship today?


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Welcome our newest Sponsor, The Fine Law Firm

Welcoming The Fine Law Firm, our newest Sponsor of the Rio Grande Classic. We appreciate your support. The Fine Law Firm has represented seriously injured clients in Albuquerque, New Mexico since 1975. We focus solely on handling personal injury cases, allowing us to provide extensive but focused experience to each and every case we handle. Our Albuquerque injury attorneys...

The Rio Grande Classic is Open for Pilot Registration

We are pleased to announce that the Rio Grande Classic Balloon Event is OPEN FOR PILOT REGISTRATION! This is premier event including hosting of the BFA/HACD sanctioned SW Regional and New Mexico State Championships. Registration will remain open until April 1, 2024. Get your registration in today, as spots are filling up fast! Click Here

Pilot Registration is Now Open!

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