Y ONARD WHITE SEL SI LE KIM VE CHERI WHITE O: CHERI O: MIS O: O: T T T T PHO PHO PHO PHO “We love the adventure of “Launch for these big “Friends call out hasty “We've never experienced a being able to fly across the races is always a magical and heartfelt goodbyes, take-off of this magnitude, United States . . . We love moment. You are speeding there are handshakes and so many balloons, it's only the America’s Challenge all afternoon, trying to get hugs, and … finally we are a few hundred feet from the because it is fun to fly everything in order, not to airborne. The emotions ground that we understand with other teams and the forget anything, and then are multiple and intense, a that we are part of the excitement of doing it you are all set and you wait great relief at being in the world's biggest aerostatic during Fiesta.” quietly for your turn trying air combined with a feeling festival.” to look so cool when the of enhanced awareness, Cheri White, U.S., adrenaline is flowing at 100 a mental listening for any Laurent Sciboz, Switzerland, 2008 and 2012 America’s mph in your veins…” sign of problems with the 2017 America’s Challenge Challenge Champion champion balloon.” BenoÎt Pelard, France, Four-time America’s Challenge Peter Cuneo and Barbara competitor Fricke, four-time America’s (third in 2019) Challenge champions (2001, 2010, 2013, 2016) ® 198 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
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