Colorado women balloon pilots. Branham_Silversmith { 12 images } Created 4 Mar 2017
Sandy (Branham) Kneeland Ann Silversmith were two of the first female hot air balloon pilots in the United States. I was a passenger on a flights with them near Longmont, Colorado in 1974. Sandy is one of the founding members of the Colorado Balloon Club. She got her pilot's license in March 1973. She remarried and changed her last name to Kneeland. Ann received her license in 1975.