CJ Giordano

Apr 15, 2026

CJ is originally from Nashville, TN, and has been working in aviation professionally since 2012. In 2017, CJ decided to switch careers to transition from Hang Gliding to Ballooning. He moved to Albuquerque, NM and walked into Rainbow Ryders and asked for a job as a balloon crew member, he knew this was the place to start. He has now been a hot air balloon pilot since 2018, and flies with Rainbow Ryders in Phoenix, AZ. CJ’s most memorable flight was flying amongst a swarm of powered paragliders at the Arizona Flying Circus while dropping a skydiver from the basket.