The making of a short documentary.  One day I get a phone call.  It is a young man wanting to do a video about balloon flying and my history in the sport.  I had no idea what I was getting into.

Below is the nomination of Connie Thompson for the Crew of the Year award for 2017

July 5, 2017

Believe it or not there is some very well thought out science behind a good balloon envelope storage bag.
Factory balloon bags are horrible. They spend a large amount of time engineering the balloon, basket, burner and instruments and then stick the balloon in a one size fits all type of bag. Generally the bag is oversized because as we all know when a balloon is new it is completely air tight and is hard to get all the air out of it. In fact I believe the coating they spray on the inside of the fabric has some sort of air generating compound in it.

Just fly up and be a presenter at the Iowa Balloonists Association Continuing Education Seminar. What could go wrong. Fly up on a Friday, Present at the seminar on Saturday and fly home Sunday. Easy Peasy, Right??