BLUE SKIES

Jetta Schantz loves nothing more than ascending into the sky supported by nothing but a wicker basket. Holding 27 world and national aviation records in hot air ballooning, she was one of the only women pilots at her time. Battling the external forces of nature and people who doubted a woman could do what she did, she rose above them all to 32,000 feet.

By Summer Schantz

Summer Schantz, the daughter of two hot air balloonists, is a lover of colors, hanging laundry, ghosts, the color and taste of lavender, and stars. A student of the College of Motion Picture Arts at Florida State University, she hopes that through everything she creates you can love the world as much as she does.