Come along for the journey and learn about piloting hot air balloons with an immersive experience like no other. An unforgettable assembly for students!
Indoor cold inflations, outdoor hot inflations, badket and burner demos, “ask the pilot” Q&A time.
NJ99s are here to share their love of aviation with a hot air balloon basket demonstration.
05/07/2026
The Atlantic Explorer 2026 flight window is now open!
With the flight window now open our meteorologists continue their around the clock work in finding a suitable weather pattern for a safe flight over the ocean to Europe.
For now though the wait continues for better weather...
More soon!
www.atlantic-explorer.com Atlantic Explorer 2026 Flight Control
04/17/2026
Book Balloon Talk’s STEM program for your primary, elementary, or high school students. Our team starts with an outdoor inflation demonstrating hot air rising, followed with an indoor interactive science and history lesson. It is certain to be the most memorable school assembly your students will experience all year!
Incredible fun!
Balloon Talk enjoyed three full days at the hottest event in NYC where we met about 8,000 children and blew their minds teaching them about hot air balloons! If you missed it this year, we’ll be back in 2027! Intrepid Museum
02/27/2026
We had a blast teaching NYC residents about LTA (lighter than air). We couldn’t fly a balloon there, but we definitely welcomed visitors into the gondola (basket).
02/24/2026
Thank you for the shout out-
Pictures of the Day: Liberty Science Center celebrates aviation — General Aviation News Susan Loricchio submitted these photos and note: "Hot Air Balloonist Kelly Hilberth and her crew introduce kids to lighter than air flight at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City during Aviation Weekend. The event included many fields of aviation from Space Force to the first FAA certified elec...