Pat received his private pilot license in 2001. He didn’t get to fly much until he got his first balloon in 2015. He doesn’t fly as much as he’d like to, but flies when he can.

His crew consists of mostly of his family (wife, Valeri and his daughters, Marissa and Roylynn), along with the help of many others.

The family loves meeting new people and sharing the love of ballooning and building friendships with them.