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4 launches for 4 at Wellsville Balloon Rally; pilot honored by FAA BY KATHRYN ROSS
WELLSVILLE — All four launches for the 48th annual Great Wellsville Balloon Rally got off the ground this past weekend. The high-rising, colorful balloons didn’t travel too far. Friday, July 18’s launch saw them head toward Stannards on a southerly wind that kept them close to the ground. The balloons were early visitors Saturday, July 19, as vendors set up for the Main Street Festival. Saturday night’s wind took the balloonists on a tour of the east side of the village, with many making a homerun or touchdown on school athletic fields. The throng of people following the balloons were thwarted by yellow caution tape restricting passage due to current renovations and paving. Downtown residents were awakened Sunday morning, July 20, to the rush of hot air balloons when the behemoths once more headed downtown on their way to North Main Street, Riverwalk Plaza, the golf course and beyond. Balloonists and their crews said goodbye to Wellsville and their colleagues at the traditional GWBR brunch held at the American Legion, where one of their own
Photos by Kathryn Ross Three hot air balloons are nearly ready to launch the evening of July 18 for the opening of the Great Wellsville Balloon Rally.
with the Liberty Balloon Company. In 1991 he started piloting the red, white and blue REMAX balloon. In 2019 he and his family purchased Balloons Over Letchworth. He has racked up over 8,000 hours in the air, over 5,000 of those in a hot air balloon. When asked for a show of hands, the majority of pilots in the room indicated they had been trained by Teitsworth. The Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award recognizes pilots who have contributed to building and maintaining the safest aviation system in the world through practicing and
received a national honor. Bill Abbott and Mike Mantione of the Federal Aviation Administration in Rochester and Syracuse, respectively, presented longtime hot air balloon pilot Carroll Teitsworth with the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award for safe flying in a hot air balloon for more than 50 years. Teitsworth, of Groveland, has been a participant in the Wellsville Rally for many years. A former U.S. Navy pilot, he received his balloonist’s license in 1976. He then went on to make ballooning his life’s work. At first he offered rides and then established a balloon pilot’s training school in 1983
promoting safe flight for 50 consecutive years or more, Mantione said. Along with his wife, Miriam, of 58 years, and his four children, Teitsworth has flown in the GWBR 48 times. Accepting the award, Teitsworth said, “I’ve had some amazing experiences in ballooning, but it’s my family that I brag about most.” His children are all pilots and help with the business. He went on to thank God for the opportunities he’s had and for his survival and the people he shares his balloon life with. He also recalled his experience at the 1988 GWBR when a 30 mph to 40 mph wind shear struck the balloonists on the Saturday flight.
“I was on the golf course and lined up about 130 feet from the $1,000 key grab when I saw the balloon ahead of me suddenly turn around and start flying towards me,” he recalled. “I’d never seen anything like it before. I knew it was a new balloon, but I didn’t think it was jet-propelled.” Twelve people were injured due to the wind shear, with one person suffering a broken leg. Teitsworth and his balloon ended up in a field in Pennsylvania, 30 miles south of the Rally site, after he decided it was safer to go with the wind and not try to land. “It was like a carrier landing,” he said. The wind shear was
the result of a thunderstorm 80 miles away from the Rally site. The 48th Annual Great Wellsville Balloon Rally came to an end with chairman Brad Thompson telling the balloonists that they, along with his committee members the community and sponsors, are what make the Rally happen every year. He also encouraged everyone to make plans to attend not just in 2026 but the 50th Rally celebration in 2027. “We have some special plans in the works and we’re taking suggestions for more ways to celebrate our anniversary,” he said. The 2026 Rally is set for July 19-21.
Balloon pilot Carroll Teitsworth (center), who flies the REMAX balloon, was honored by the Federal Aviation Administration at the Great Wellsville Balloon Rally brunch on July 20. The FAA’s Bill Abbott (left) and Mike Mantione (right) presented Teitsworth with The Wright Brothers Master Pilots Award.
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