about the cool-ray hot air balloon team

Welcome to the home page of the Cool-Ray Hot Air Balloon Team located in Decatur, Alabama. Here you can find out about the Wahl family and our crew's adventures in our hot air balloon, duly named 'Cool-Ray'. Why, you may ask, is our balloon named 'Cool-Ray'? Well take a look at our pictures and you may discover the reason.

In an effort to help our readers understand the sport of hot air ballooning we have also included some explanations of how hot air balloons work, and about the sport in general. Follow the links to your left and begin your own fantastical journey into balloon flight!

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Who is the Cool-Ray Balloon Team? We'll here they are!

Mike Wahl
Pilot, captain, and class clown

 

 

Cathy D. Wahl
Pilot, co-pilot, and peacekeeper

 

 

Michael (Robbie) Wahl Jr.
Pilot ...yes Mike reproduced, be afraid

 

 

 

Molly Wahl Davis
Crew...claims she's the sane one

 

 

James Davis
Crew, husband of 'the sane one'...who himself is not (hey, he married her)

 

 

Nikki Craft
Crew, and actually the 'most certifiable sane person on crew'

 

 

 

Philip Gentry
Crew, claims no relation to the insane family he crews for

 

 

Lynn Gentry
Crew ...embraces and encourages daft behavior

 

Lauren Gentry
Crew, raised by wolves and balloonists.