The Colorado Balloon Club maintains a library of educational and informational resources focused around ballooning. The CBC Library is open and free to club members. If you are interested in utilizing any of the resources of the CBC Library, please contact us.
Manuals How to Fly a Balloon by Brent Stockwell and Christine Kalakuka
The Weather Wizard’s Cloud Book by Louis D. Rubin Sr. and Jim Duncan
The Great American Balloon Book by Bob Waligunda and Larry Sheehan
BFA Powerline Safety Manual by Steven M. Shope
Flammable Gases by Don Overs BFA Propane and Fuel Management by Nick Saum BFA A Case study of the Legal Requirements for Hot Air Balloon Flight edited by David L. Rapp BFA VFR Radio Procedures in the USA Balloon Digest edited by Ruth P. Ludwig Balloon Ground School Home Study Manual by Brent Stockwell, Christine Kalakula, and Mary Grady
Non-fiction
Ballooning with RE/MAX Ride the Wind USA to Africa, Richard Abruzzo, Troy Bradley by Anne Hillerman The Flight of the Small World by Arnold Eiloart and Peter Elstob America’s Daredevil Balloonist, W.H. Donaldson, 1840-1875 by James W. Raab The Great Reno Balloon Race 1st Annual Aeronauts Cookbook 2006
Fiction The Little Balloonist by Linda Donn
Popped by Carol Higgins Clark
Children’s Books
Altoona Baboona by Jamie Bynum A Book of Concepts; A Rainbow Balloon by Ann Lenssen Hot Air; the (mostly) true story of the first hot-air balloon ride by Marjorie Priceman Hot-Air Henry by Mary Calhoun Curious George and the Hot Air Balloon by Margret and H. A. Rey Great Uncle Prickles and the Moon Balloon by Georgie Adams Pop Flop’s Great Balloon Ride by Nancy Abruzzo Videos Above the Lost World