Above & Beyond Ballooning is a full-service hot air balloon company offering year-round hot air balloon rides in NJ, PA balloon rides and flights in a number of other locations in the Northeastern US. We operate our hot air balloon rides in PA & NJ balloon rides seven days a week, with balloon flights scheduled twice daily, weather permitting. Please read all the information on our website before calling - nearly all of your questions will be answered here or here.

Our Pennsylvania balloon rides lift off from Chester Springs, a quaint rural area with a diverse blend of scenery. Our hot air balloon launch site is approximately 45 minutes west of Philadelphia, just four miles from Exit 312 of the PA Turnpike (Downingtown/West Chester).

Our New Jersey hot air balloon rides take flight near Clinton, a charming town that offers a riverside shopping district, many dining establishments, and a host of fine accommodations nearby. The grounds of the picturesque Hunterdon Hills Playhouse serve as our balloonport and launch site. It's an easy 60-minute drive from New York City to our Clinton, NJ balloon launch site which is just seconds off of Route 78.

Both of our main locations offer scenic views of the varied landscape - a mixture of rolling hills, fields, farmlands, neighborhoods, lakes, rivers, forests, state parks and other civilization. Wildlife is in abundance in the areas we fly, so we may see lots of animals from above - especially deer, horses, geese, cows, sheep, and sometimes even hawks, foxes, pheasants, turkeys and more!

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About Us

Jon Radowski, the owner and chief pilot of Above & Beyond Ballooning, has been involved in ballooning essentially his entire life. His interest took off at the age of two when attending a balloon festival with his family. Jon knew from a very early age that he would become a balloon pilot as soon as he grew old enough. After the magic of his first flight, he began flight instruction at the minimum age of 14, designed and built his first hot air balloon at 17, earned his private pilot certificate later that year, and became a commercial pilot at 19 to begin ballooning as a full-time career. In addition to flying balloons, Jon also operates a balloon repair station and designs and builds special shape hot air balloons. Check out Apex Balloons for a look at what's on the drawing board.

Jon has more than a dozen years of experience flying hot air balloons of all shapes and sizes. For years, he commanded one of the world's very tallest hot air balloons, the Space Shuttle Patriot. Towering at a height of 170 feet and with a wingspan of 115 feet, the shuttle balloon is three times taller than most balloons and twice as wide! Jon has flown some of the largest passenger balloons in North America, corporate balloons, special shapes, hot air airships, blimps and airplanes. He has flown in eighteen different states as well as Canada, Mexico and Europe. He has a natural skill at flying balloons and takes considerable pride in his unblemished safety record, with thousands of happy passengers flown without a single injury. Jon is also a hot air balloon flight instructor and has trained a number of students through to their private and commercial hot air balloon pilot certificates.

Our crew members are dedicated friends who are similarly in love with the sport of ballooning. It takes two to four crew members to help the pilot set up the balloon, follow the balloon during flight, and help pack it away after the successful conclusion. Crewing for hot air balloons is a valuable and constructive learning experience, and many crew members continue on to become pilots. If you are interested in becoming a hot air balloon pilot, crewing will help prepare you with lots of varied knowledge and skills that will be beneficial in the course of your pilot training. If you are interested in joining our team, please contact us.

Above & Beyond Ballooning • Elverson, PA 19520 • 908-208-1869 •