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Balloons are fully registered aircraft by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and are subject to regular airworthiness checks by authorized personnel. Pilots need to have different levels of experience before they are allowed to progress to be commercial pilots … this is carefully monitored by the FAA.
