Classic Week at the National Balloon Museum
July 30th-August 7, 2010
The NationalBalloonMuseum is open extended hours this week:
8:30-5:00
July 31st
1:00-3:00 PM Ballooning Pioneer Don Caplan from St. Louis, MO Speaking on “ Memories of Ballooning in the Early Years”
1:00-3:00 PM Ballooning Pioneer Don Caplan from St. Louis, MO Speaking on “ Memories of Ballooning in the Early Years”
5:00-7:00 PM “Indianola: Ballooning Capital of Iowa” book signing at the Balloon Field Gift Shop by authors Dennis D. Nicholson and Becky S. Wigeland
August 1st
12:30-1:45 PM“Come Up and Get Me!”Autobiography book signing by author Joseph Kittinger Jr.
12:30-1:45 PM“Come Up and Get Me!”Autobiography book signing by author Joseph Kittinger Jr.
2:00-4:00U.S. Ballooning Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Thomas Sheppard, Anthony Fairbanks, Joe Kittinger Jr.
4:00-5:00 Book Signings by Joe Kittinger Jr and Dennis Nicholson and Becky Wigeland authors of “Indianola:Ballooning Capital of Iowa”
August 3rd
1:00-3:00 Robert von Zeppelin from Toccoa, GA speaking on ‘The Trials and Tribulations of Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin”
1:00-3:00 Robert von Zeppelin from Toccoa, GA speaking on ‘The Trials and Tribulations of Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin”
August 4th
1:00-2:00 Book signing by authors Dennis Nicholson and Becky Wigeland at the Simpson College Book Store in Brenton Center, for “Indianola: Ballooning Capital of Iowa”
1:00-2:00 Book signing by authors Dennis Nicholson and Becky Wigeland at the Simpson College Book Store in Brenton Center, for “Indianola: Ballooning Capital of Iowa”
August 5th
1:00-3:00Special preview “Red Baron” (PG-13)starring Matthias Schweighofer, Til Scweiger, Lena Headey, Joseph Fiennes (Its getting great raves for its visual effects and spectacular action sequences.)
1:00-3:00Special preview “Red Baron” (PG-13)starring Matthias Schweighofer, Til Scweiger, Lena Headey, Joseph Fiennes (Its getting great raves for its visual effects and spectacular action sequences.)
ALL WEEK
Come visit our gift shops at the National Balloon Museum as well as the National Balloon Classic Field