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Article: SPRING IS IN THE AIR SUFFOLK SPRING SPECTACULAR AND BALLOON FEST TAKES OFF.(SUFFOLK SUN)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- April 4, 1999
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Byline: REGINA LIGHTFOOT, STAFF WRITER
GLO KEHOE is at the whim of the winds. As a hot air balloon pilot, Kehoe knows the direction in which the winds will push her, but she may not know her destination. Yet, that uncertainty doesn't bother her.
``No two flights are ever exactly the same,'' she said. ``So it's always an adventure.''
``I call it a magic carpet ride. It's unlike any other feeling that you will ever feel.''
Kehoe will be one of 40 pilots participating in the third annual Suffolk Spring Spectacular and Balloon Fest scheduled for Thursday through Sunday at Suffolk Municipal Airport.
Kehoe, who will pilot the Air ...