I got to fly a sailplane once. The IP was the then current World Soaring
Champion which I thought was very cool.
On 7/28/2014 2:03 PM, Ken Waller 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
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