Plano Balloon Fest

TX391, Group 3 and other squadrons are coming together to provide support for the Plano Balloon Festival from 17-20 Sept 2026. This event will be run as a cadet led SAREX, focusing on Communications, logistical support, light emergency services, aerospace education and recruiting activities. There will be opportunities to get signed off on ICUT, First Aid and more. 

To note, for your registration for the event to be complete, we need you to sign up for 2 shifts. It's very important that we have plenty of cadets and senior members working. We will see upwards to 125,000 people on this weekend. 

For those interested in Search Crew, please read the description carefully in the Chase Crew sub-event. There is also another sign-up with Plano Balloon and you can choose your shift via the Plano Balloon website. Also, there are additional required trainings that you have to attend to be able to participate in chase team. 

Here is the link to sign up for shifts:

https://www.capnhq.gov/CAP.Experiences.Web/Registration/RegistrationDetails?EventID=14374

Please have, at a minimum, completed your GES 116 in Absorb in order that further training tasks can be signed off.  This will be a great way to kick start your ES training and have some fun too.

CAPT 116 General ES

https://capnhq.myabsorb.com/#/online-courses/7f574e22-2a9b-43ee-b192-667d8dd62bc3

Units with the Motorola VHF kits will need to verify they are fully charged at least three days in advance due to the deep cycle requirements of the kit battery chargers.  If they have not been touched in a long time it takes a minimum of 8-12 hours of swapping batteries to get them to a fully charged state.  Please assure that each kit is labeled with your unit information.