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View File Drone Winds "NEW Procedure" You may have noticed that the procedure for reading winds with a drone has changed. Watch this video so see how and why! Submitter hotairballoonist Submitted 11/06/2024 Category Video Tutorials
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You may have noticed that the procedure for reading winds with a drone has changed. Watch this video so see how and why!Free -
Greater Orlando Balloon Rides offers flight each morning (Weather Permitting) in the Disney area of Orlando Florida. The flight program is several hours long and can be scheduled for any day you wish. The Greater Orlando Balloon Rides website allows you to choose a flight date with their online calendar scheduling. Choose your flight date, enter some contact information and place a refundable deposit and POOF your set! Visit https://greaterorlandoballoonrides.com for more information.
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View File Paid Memebership? Do you have a paid membership? Is it expired? How do I find out? What if I have lost my password? How do I renew? All of these questions are answered here in this Video. Remember that PAID MEMBERSHIPS is what keeps this site alive. Please support this resource for all Balloonist. Submitter hotairballoonist Submitted 05/31/2024 Category Video Tutorials
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Do you have a paid membership? Is it expired? How do I find out? What if I have lost my password? How do I renew? All of these questions are answered here in this Video. Remember that PAID MEMBERSHIPS is what keeps this site alive. Please support this resource for all Balloonist.Free -
Hi Classic Pilot, Hey everyone! Are you looking forward to your upcoming events? From Telluride to Carson City, Helen to Sikeston, Coshocton to Battle Creek and Indianola the summer flying season is rushing at us in a hurry. Are you ready? While this is an exciting time for all of us who fly in festivals and competition we also want to remind everyone to please be safe. Fly within your comfort level and NOT because others are flying. Just because balloons around you are inflating does not mean you must do so. The safety of your crew, passengers, and spectators is most important. Remember YOU are the PIC of your aircraft and everyone out there is most likely taking video on their phones! Most of all treasure your flights, friends and the amazing fellowship that ballooning has to offer everyone. Take the time to invite everyone you come in contact with into the fun and adventure of ballooning. Each of you are AMAZING and the ambassador(s) for all of us! How’s your rig? Some of you have flown very little yet this year. Many will be hitting the road for the first time. Take the time to check over your equipment. From trailers to bearings, lights to hitch latches, a little time invested in checking things over real good is time that may be saved sitting on the side of the road somewhere. Also remember things like your inflator fan, and strikers, flints, radios, gloves, and more. I remember years ago a crew person who was stung horribly by wasps who had made a nest in a glove bag mounted on the inside of a trailer door. Unless you look over EVERYTHING real good you just don’t know what nasty little surprises are waiting for you and the worst time.. There is simply nothing better than a road trip to a balloon festival that goes off without a hitch. We hope you have an entire summer like that! Gots STufF? Do you need Balloon Cups? Do you need a new Envelope Bag? How about an HAB or LTA sticker for your rig? There are many great items available on the Balloons-andBeyond.com site. In fact we have 4 balloon cup versions available right now! Many of them have balloons that you may know on them. Take the time and have a look. Get a couple of sleeves or more for your summer adventures. Each cup has the Balloonist Prayer on them so they make great after flight champagne ceremony cups. Plastic and dishwasher safe they even make a great souvenir for your passengers and crew. Go to and have a look! Click here to see one of the cups. Click here to order cups. The Aviation Ranch. I have been to balloon heaven and it is in Georgia! If any of you are traveling up and down interstate 75 and are passing through Georgia it is worth a stop for an afternoon or even an evening to see the Aviation Ranch. What an amazing place! Tom and Jessica Warren have been working (their butts off) for two years now to create a place for ballooning and Balloonist to fly, relax, share stories around a campfire and so much more. They have done so much already and have plans to do even more in the future. To learn even more about this place check out the website Aviation-Ranch.com. Even the website has much to offer! Get an Aviation-Ranch hat or a Koozie in the store. There are slide shows and videos about some of the projects they have done. There are competition videos for those who wish to learn more about flying competition. SOON they will have cabins and sleeping accommodations for extended visits. They have an amazing launch and landing area on the property and so much more. Hats off to the Warrens and all the other pilots and crew who are part of this project! Truly amazing! Visit https://aviation-ranch.com for more information and to see the ranch! Members needed! Please help support the HotAirBalloonist.com site with a membership to the site. A general membership is only $20 a year and allows you so many advantages. Members SEE the private side of the site that the general public does not see. Members can interact and create articles, photo galleries and even your own balloon club within the site. Members can see hundreds of files and many dozens of video tutorials and best of all members can download ALL the files for FREE! Once you are a member you can download ten times the value of your membership in tutorials and files in the download center. Plus you are helping to support and keep running the only interactive balloonist platform on the web. We have created a short 2 minute video that shows you how to check if you have a paid membership on the site. It also shows you how to recover and reset your password if you have forgotten it. Take a moment and view My Membership https://hotairballoonist.com/Video/mymembership.mp4 Thank you all, for everything you do for the Balloon World.
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Katherine Wadsworth Delano 4-26-22.pdf
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We have a new Student Pilot practice test on our sister site Balloons-andBeyond.com. Here is the link to the test. Have a try and see how well you do.
We also have a page where you can help and ADD questions. Here is the link for that page.
Currently we have nearly 60 questions for the form to choose from. Each time you refresh the page 20 questions are chosen at random. So you can take the test over and over and get different questions.
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Leo Eisenberg Obituary 1921-2017.pdf Mar 24, Doc 1.pdfMar 24, Doc 2.pdfMar 24, Doc 6.pdfMar 24, Doc 7.pdfMar 24, Doc 8.pdf
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I am excited about our new category "The Student Pilot Lounge" Hopefully we can get some members to Follow that category and help answer any questions new students have. Thank you Jim Fromm for suggesting we put this in the spotlight!
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ROGER CLARK Commercial Pilot / Elite Balloon Instructor (NAFI) Palmetto Sun Balloons 864-631-3243 roger.clark@live.com www.palmettosunballoons.com 132 Fawnbrook Drive, Greer, SC 29650
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Bio Maureen Mullen Lynch for Notable File.pdf
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Bio Wiedkehr Women - Denise & Donna.pdf
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This Balloon Flying Handbook introduces the basic pilot knowledge and skills that are essential for piloting balloons. It introduces pilots to the broad spectrum of knowledge that will be needed as they progress in their pilot training. This handbook is for student pilots, as well as those pursuing more advanced pilot certificates. Student pilots learning to fly balloons, certificated pilots preparing for additional balloon ratings or who desire to improve their flying proficiency and aeronautical knowledge, and commercial balloon pilots teaching balloon students how to fly should find this handbook helpful. This book introduces the prospective pilot to the realm of balloon flight and provides information and guidance to all balloon pilots in the performance of various balloon maneuvers and procedures. This handbook conforms to pilot training and certification concepts established by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). There are different ways of teaching, as well as performing flight procedures and maneuvers, and many variations in the explanations of aerodynamic theories and principles. This handbook adopts a selective method and concept to flying balloons. The discussions and explanations reflect the most commonly used practices and principles. Occasionally, the word “must” or similar language is used where the desired action is deemed critical. The use of such language is not intended to add to, interpret, or relieve a duty imposed by Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR). It is essential for persons using this handbook also to become familiar with and apply the pertinent parts of 14 CFR and the Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM). Performance standards for demonstrating competence required for pilot certification are prescribed in the appropriate balloon practical test standard.Free
