Kenny Shumate

Kenny Shumate is from Orlando, Florida. He has lived in the Orlando area for over 48 years. He has seen many changes to the area. As in the building of Walt Disney World where he works full time as a Firefighter. Kenny sez he used to hunt Deer and Quail on the property that Disney owns now. Kenny operated heavy equipment and drove dump trucks helping with the excavation of the Walt Disney Resort before going to work as a firefighter there.

Kenny has been flying hot air balloon for over 28 years and has logged over 2,000 hours in the air. Kenny owns and runs The Balloonatic Promotions in Orlando. Kenny is a certified Flight Instructor and has trained over 56 new pilots. He has flown balloons of all sizes and shapes from the 2X Cloud Hopper models to the large 210,000 cubic foot 10 passenger balloons and special shapes such as The Brazilian Clown Balloon and the Amazon Birds Balloon, and presently The Beagle Maximus. Kenny, the operator of The Balloonatics Promotions in Orlando puts his emphasis on providing you a safe, fun and exciting adventure that you will remember for years to come. His years of experience and spotless safety record will assure you of just that.
Kenny has flown his regular balloon and his special

shaped balloons all over the United State, Canada, and New Zealand. His favorites are Freedom Weekend Aloft in Anderson, South Carolina, St-Jean Sur Richelieu, Canada, Sussex, N.B. Canada, and Gatineau, Canada. Just to name a few. He has sent his balloons as far away as Japan for the world Championships in Saga, Japan. Kenny states, he has met so many people from many different walks of life. He enjoys life to the maximum. Kenny does appreciate the gift of flight.