FINAL FLIGHT: Balloon pilots take off for a Sunday afternoon flight
Published 7:12 pm Sunday, October 17, 2021
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Hot air balloons prepare to take off from Rifle Point in Concordia Parish for a Sunday afternoon flight. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)
Jason Gaines, a Missouri pilot, inflates his balloon for a Sunday afternoon flight in Concordia Parish. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)
An inside look at a hot air balloon once its inflated. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)
Tiffany and Josh Brewer smile from the basket of a hot air balloon during a Sunday afternoon flight in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)
Josh Brewer waves from the basket of a hot air balloon during a Sunday afternoon flight from Rifle Point in Concordia Parish headed south into Vidalia. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)
The sun shines behind a hot air balloon as it takes to the skies for a Sunday afternoon flight. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)
Some hot air balloon pilots got to fly twice on Sunday.
As some left at the 36th annual Natchez Balloon Festival’s end, others headed towards Concordia Parish to fly southward into Vidalia.
Above are images from a Sunday afternoon flight from Rifle Point in Louisiana.