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Why Air Ventures Hot Air Balloon Flights,Inc.
Female owned and operated, Air Ventures has three full-time and
part-time office staff, three full-time pilots, four part-time
pilots, and an active recovery crew of twenty. We have three
state-of-the-art, top-of-the-line (gorgeous) balloons and, of
course, three recovery vehicles. We have successfully worked with
such companies as SMS, Unisys, The Dupont Company, Dupont Country
Club, Waynesboro Country Club, 84 Lumber, and Cross Creek
Residential Homes.
Air Ventures Hot Air Balloon Flights, Inc. was established ten
years ago. Its original purpose was to provide Chester County
residents with an alternative recreational activity. However, three
years after its inception, local businesses requested various
services. These requests included creative advertising programs as
well as adding recreational and team building activities into their
existing events. We have expanded our business to handle those needs
through additional business training, expert support staff, and by
establishing the necessary legal infrastructures.
Meet our Pilots
Debbie Harding
Owner/Operator/Chief Pilot
Debbie Harding has been flying commercially since 1987. She
founded Air Ventures in 1990 with one, four person balloon.
Air Ventures has three balloons and three full-time pilots. She
holds Australian and U.S. Commercial Hot Air Balloon Pilot ratings.
Debbie is also an instructor and has four qualified commercial
pilots to her credit. She has flown commercially in Australia,
Africa, Jamaica and Yugoslavia. She has attended balloon rallies in
France, Italy and Hungary, placing 2nd among the
Americans in Lorraine, France in 1995 and third in Monte Forte,
Italy in 1990. She has also flown in Austria, Canada and several
different states. She was selected for the Women to Watch Award by
Business Philadelphia Magazine in 1995 and placed on Pennsylvania’s
Honor Roll of Women in 1996. She is a four year veteran of the Wings
program which is a volunteer rating program in continuing skills and
education of pilots organized by the Federal Aviation
Administration. She attends yearly continuing education and safety
seminars for commercial operators. She holds a Masters degree in
Social Policy Research and Development from Bryn Mawr.
Eileen Stahre Diogardo
Commercial Hot Air Balloon Pilot
Eileen Stahre Diogardo has been flying balloons part-time on a
commercial basis since 1986. She has flown in balloon rallies in
Africa, Canada and France. She has taken first place in two local
balloon rallies and is recognized by her peers as an extremely
competent pilot. She also is a three year veteran of the Wings
Program and yearly continuing education programs for commercial
operators. She comes from a military background, having served two
years in the U.S. Navy.
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