Welcome to Top Gun! The Premier Competition Hot Air Balloon Club.
Top Gun Competition Hot Air Balloon Club has events taking pla
ce every month. Check out our About page to learn more about who we are, member benefits, and how to join. Our Event Calendar has all of our scheduled events posted. Our members area is continually being updated with education and training materials including videos, learning aids, and past task sheets. This is also where our club Operating Policies are available, along with Competition Rules, Fly in Goals, Maps, and Waiver. Please look around and enjoy our website!
Top Gun is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Please help by supporting our sponsors who make it possible for us to educate participants and promote the wonderful sport of hot air ballooning in local, national, and world events.
Registration will be opening soon for the Top Gun 2026 Rio Grande Classic Competition Event including the BFA/HACD sanctioned Southwest Regional Championship, and the New Mexico State Championship to be held Memorial Day weekend May 22 -25, 2026. We are pleased to have Andy Baird as our Event Director and Elisa Talbert as our Chief Scoring Officer. Our Event Chair this year is Rebecca De Santis. We’re looking forward to another safe and fun event. See you soon!
Most importantly, thank you to all of our Sponsors supporting last year’s 2025 Rio Grande Classic, and a special thank you to AERCO Balloon Port for being our Premier 2025 Sponsor! Without our Sponsors we couldn’t make it all happen.
We are now accepting sponsorships for the 2026 Rio Grande Classic!
