The view inside during inflation.

If you're interested in helping out with local balloon flights in New Jersey, New York & Pennsylvania, call 908-208-1869 for Above & Beyond Ballooning in Clinton, NJ. In addition, you may want to submit your information below. We're always looking for enthusiastic crew members!

Regular crew members get periodic chances to fly in the balloon, so the easiest way to earn yourself free rides is to help out. Once you've crewed for us a few times, we'll be glad to take you for a flight. Some crew members have traded in their crew time for flight instruction and have gone on to earn their balloon pilot certificates with our help!

If flying in the balloon isn't that important to you, or you'd just like to earn some extra cash for a couple hours of really fun work in the early mornings or late afternoons, we are currently accepting applicants for hired crew positions. Give Jon a call at 908-208-1869 for more information.

Click Here for directions to our launch sites.

Click Here to meet our pilots and crew (still under construction - I'm the only one there right now :)

An extremely in-depth primer on hot air balloon crewing can be found here. It is a highly-recommended starting point to become familiar with the general practices in ballooning. If you're already well-versed in ballooning, excellent! We'd love to have your help.

Feel free to submit your information below and we'll get in touch with you ASAP. We periodically send out crew announcements and alerts to our private, secure email list. We will never share your information with outside sources. All information is purely voluntary - if you don't feel comfortable including anything, don't feel pressured.

Above all else, we're out there to have fun. If great friends, a ton of enjoyment and a whole lotta ballooning is what you're after, you won't be disappointed!

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