The owner and pilot for Outback Balloon is Randall Fuehrer. Randall is a FAA Hot Air Balloon Commercial Pilot and FAA A&P Mechanic with an Inspector Authorization. His aviation career started at Portland Community College in 1981. While attending Portland Community College Randall met the requirements and earned an FAA A&P Mechanic license. Randall has worked at Hillsboro Aviation as an A&P Mechanic. He continued his career at Horizon Air as an Avionics Technician on various different commercial aircraft and worked there till 1987. In 2003 Randall started crewing for hot air balloon pilots. In 2004 passed all requirements and received a private hot air balloon license. In 2005 passed all requirements and received his commercial hot air balloon license. Since then Randall has been flying at hot air balloon rallies, providing commercial flights and tethered flights throughout the western United States. Randall has flown in many different locations in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, California, and New Mexico. Randall has flown in the Albuquerque Balloon Festival in 2008 and 2009 and looks forward to returning again soon. Randall is a member of the local balloon club called the Willamette Aerostat Society (WAS) and the Balloon Federation of America. Randall does hot air balloon repair and inspections in Newberg, Oregon in his hanger at Sportsman Air Park and can also travel to your location to do repair and inspections at your location.