SCOTT

Michael began ballooning with his parents in 1987 in Oklahoma, and his wife Josie got her start in Missouri in 1989. He and Josie met at the 1995 Wake Up to Missouri US Nationals in Columbia, MO where Josie and her father Joe were assigned as crew to Michael and his family. They were married in 1999 and are always accompanied on their travels with their long haired dachshund Ladybug.

Michael is a Commercial Pilot with over 1400 hours as PIC. The Scotts own and operate Flying High Balloon Services, LLC - a FAA certified balloon repair station that is currently certified to work on 18 different brands of balloons. They are able to offer mobile repair and inspection services to their customers by traveling to several locations across the midwest. Michael is also a dealer for FireFly Balloons and is often recruited to travel to North Carolina to assist with the construction of new balloons.

Since joining the GPBC in 2009, the Scotts have proven themselves to be valuable assets to the club by helping with many tasks throughout the year including writing a question and answer column for our monthly newsletter, 'Hot Air Highlights', and providing their repair station services to GPBC members at "Annual Days" in Topeka allowing local pilots to get their required yearly inspections without having to travel to an out of state inspection station.