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Magical Mystery Flights was founded by David Allen a fifth generation balloonist and one of the most accomplished and experienced balloon pilots in the world.
Total Balloon Hours
AX-7 Hours 33
AX-8 Hours 900
AX-9 Hours 2000
Highlights
May 1986 Private Certificate
June 1986 Took delivery of his first balloon, 105,000cf single burner.
July 1986 Commercial Certificate
Owner/Chief Pilot Magical Mystery Flights
July 1989 Took delivery of AX-9, 140,000cf, dual
To Date Safely flown over 15,000 passengers
Three times NATIONAL CHAMPION in Long Jump Distance Competition
Competition and Special Flights
September 1986 First Place Over-all Quakertown
Tri-State Championship 95 balloonists participated. Flew AX-8
October 1986 90 miles flight, 4.2 hours AX-8, Just for fun.
September 1987 Second place over-all Quakertown Tri-State Championship 92
balloonists participated. Flew AX-8
May 1989 First place over-all Pennsylvania State Fair 40 Balloonists
participated. Flew AX-8.
1989 Pennsylvania State Champion on BFA points, flew both the AX-8 and AX-9
passenger balloons against small high performance balloons.
January 1990 Long Flight, 229 miles - solo 7.3 hours, AX-8, Uniontown,
Pennsylvania to Allentown, Pennsylvania, Just for fun.
March 1990 Best flight, 70 miles to planned landing on the New Jersey beach.
1 passenger AX-8. No pilot has ever done it before or since. Pennsville, NJ to
Wildwood, NJ
July 1990 75th Over-all U.S. National Championship 103 Balloonist
participated. AX-8
January 1993 Hired by National Geography Explorer, Filmed Family Flights and
FAVIA 200.
February 1993 Instructor/Navigator for Long Jump Challenge. flew 120 miles in
2.4 hours, (60 miles/hour at 12,000) Gettysburg, PA to Vineland, NJ
February 1994 3rd Place National Long Jump Challenge Zanesville, OH to
Warrenton, VA. 245 miles
March 1994 4th Place National Long Jump Crossville, TN to Winnsboro, SC 244
miles
February 1995 World Record Attempt AX-8 Mitchell, SD to Booneville, MO 435
miles in 11 hours
October 1996, 1997, 1998 Hired to fly paying passengers at the Albuquerque
balloon fiesta. Only 25 pilots hired out of 850 pilots + balloons.
February 1997 First Place National Long Jump Competition 300 Mile long jump,
AX-9 Columbus, Ohio to Altoona, PA.
January 1999 First Place National Long Jump Competition 260 Mi Long Jump
Circle OH to Amherst VA.
February 2001, First Place, National Long Jump Competition, 325 mile Long Jump from Grove City, PA to Ocean City, MD.
Magical
Mystery Flights
P.O.
Box 622 Media, PA 19063
Phone PA: 610-892-0860 / DE: 302-234-1665 Fax 610-892-0870
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