Three generations of balloon pilots

  • Three generations of balloon pilots
    Three generations of balloon pilots
  • Tiffany and Bill Kinser, of Guthrie, and their balloon team made up of family members and employees from Sovereign Bank and KGFF, pause for a photo.
    Tiffany and Bill Kinser, of Guthrie, and their balloon team made up of family members and employees from Sovereign Bank and KGFF, pause for a photo.

    For two hot-air balloon pilots and their families at the FireLake Fireflight Balloon Festival in Shawnee, the call of flight is a family tradition. Bill and Tiffany Kinser, of Guthrie, and their son and daughter-in-law, Will and Elena Kinser, of Edmond, are two out of three generations to take up the sport.

    W. Kinser said his grandfather, Pat Kinser, became a balloon pilot in his 20s, and his fathe…