I did try it several years back, Ken, and it was very enjoyable. It was indeed eerily when the burner was off, but I was surprised at how noisy the burner was when you are that close to it.
On my trip, we suddenly lost all the wind, and were becalmed above a forested area. We couldn't land until the ground crew reached us. We threw down ropes, and they pulled us along until we were over a small clearing, but it was tricky, as the ropes kept getting tangled in the trees, and we had to pull them up and then toss them out again. I highly recommend the experience. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 2:03 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: >> Scary things balloons. Hard to steer. > > > You steer by knowing the wind directions at various altitudes and using that > info to 'steer'. > > Did a little hot air ballooning many years ago - quite an eerie experience. > The commercial operation I used couldn't tell me where we were going until > the morning of the flight, cause they are at the mercy of the winds. > > Once aloft, the experience is unlike anything I had experienced. Absolutely > no noise except for the occasional lighting of the burner. We never got very > high so we could hear all sort of noises from the ground - doors slamming, > people talking, dogs barking. Our pilot added a little more excitement to > the flight by doing a dash and go in the Merrimac river - he touched the > river with the bottom of the basket and quickly took off. > > try it if you get the chance. > > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Mitchell" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO: Balloon Landing on Neighbor's Lawn > > > >> Scary things balloons. Hard to steer. We had one land on the local >> cricket pitch. A large expanse of ground, but unfortunately the under >> 11s were playing a match at the time. Loads of panicky kids, a very >> irate coach and a very red faced balloon pilot. Nobody was hurt. >> >> Chris >> >> On 26 July 2014 16:30, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Yesterday we went to the 2014 New Jersey Festival of Ballooning. I >>> will post some images on the Festival soon. >>> >>> They had another launch this morning. One balloon almost hit our >>> roof, scaring the hell our of our dog. It they landed on our >>> neighbor's front lawn: >>> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17821675 >>> Comments are invited. >>> >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
