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by terryswift
You can use Nitrogen in a tank which you're running a vapour pilot light from - you actually get a propane-nitrogen mix in the top of the tank, and in 'normal' conditions (say, above 0 ...
...tat the club magazine which also lists used balloons. From the club site you will be able to learn about pilot licence requirements in the UK.
Best wishes
Ian Lloyd Hot air balloon pilot Comme...
pilot for your balloon or to lease the balloon with pilot? How many jumpers?
...merica), you will get a directory of members which will list all members along with their status such as Pilot, Crew, Commercial Pilot, etc. You can check in the section for Arkansas and look for Comm...
How about Chantel Kreviasuik and the song Wayne
From Marvin Schultz Pilot of the Raven/aerostar 'Sunrise'
BJP> I'm a french balloon pilot and I would like to find technical informations BJP> on balloon burners to build my own one.
Most balloon burners typically follow the 'blow torch...
are the pilots different than they were at the Dogwood event in Atlanta? I met the pilot there... saw you in the sky in ABQ; pretty balloon....in fact have a koozie!
Hi, I'm a Balloon-Pilot in Germany and I'm going to visit the AIBF '98 in October for two or three days with my fiend. Does anybody fly there and needs two chasing crew people for 2-3 d...
... would be able to fill a cylander and use it to pressurize your propane tanks without ever a worry about pilot light failure. Does this make...
You are asking for balloon instructors.
I am a balloon pilot instructor living in the UK. I can be contacted at
My name is Ian lloyd and live near Derby, but fly anywhere within the Midlands. ...
...co .com/~forum/SouthPole/s_pole.html
I hope you guys can make it!
Bob Christ, Commercial Balloon Pilot West Chester, PA...
In rec.aviation.balloon,
Most horses shy from the sound of the burner & pilot light.
Some will panic and run.
That being said - the guy that taught me to fly taught me that the ONLY re...
... would have to operate outside the manufactures allowable performance limits. I would seek out a balloon pilot crazy enough that he has done it before....
I am an instrument rated private pilot. I am considering starting a business of hot air balloon rides. Any advice on training, where to purchase a balloon, resourses for starting and running such a bu...
It would be best for you to have an airplane private pilot certificate before you tackle balloons. After that, two part 141 schools in your area:
Brent Stockwell Balloon Excelsior, Inc. 1241 High ...
...nd is considered the best, but either week end is good if the weather goes right. The last week end some pilot have to leave to get home, so the number of balloons drops a little. This has it's b...
...ifter, ever stops in your town...do yourself a favor and see if they need crew!
Joe Shevenell is the pilot for High Plains Drifter...and he is a great guy!
Below is the link to my crew experie...
Hi Jan, Glad you enjoy ballooning. Me too!!
I'm a fairly new LTA pilot (Sept. 1, 1998) in New Jersey - USA - currently flying a used Cameron V-77 envelope over a TBW 4.5 basket (my maiden voy...
... track. The ammount of steerage varys from day to day and may vary between nothing and 90 degrees so the pilot will be checking the ammount of steerage as he climbs.
If a suitable landing site is ...
not as a ballonist, but as an experienced pilot, in most forms of aviation, the person in the Virgin team who calls himself the 'met' man ought to have pre-warned the team about this little ...
... relatively new aeronauts. He has barely 50 hours now but has a commercial rating and I'm a student pilot (so he would do the flying). We would like to do at least one rally this year and are won...
G'Day to All, I am a pilot of fixed wing aircraft as well as hot air balloons, I am from Melbourne, Australia. I am trying to locate a particular variometer, the only name I can see on the unit i...
...i,
My name is John Eriksson and I'm about to design a game where the player is a hot air baloon pilot.
I havn't decided yet on how realistic the game will be, but my aim is to have i...
...nd temperature. The balloon system itself weighs between 600 and 700 pounds fueled. Add 400 pounds for a pilot and a passenger, and it still has about 1300 pounds lift.
One of the manufacturers wa...
...d equipment are advertised at http://vweb1.hiway.co.uk/zebedee/index.html
Have fun
Ian balloon pilot...
Peter
There are a number of pilots (of jets and the like) and flight engineers who work for Cathay Pacific Airlines and operate balloons as a hobby. However I think there is little ballooning in H...
... admit it, I'm a total newbie, having only had one ride in a hot air balloon. I'm a paraglider pilot. And I suspect this has been discussed and discarded many times as yet another crackpot i...
I see no exception from FAR 91.205 for balloons. Excerpted:
(c) Visual flight rules (night). For VFR flight at night, the following instruments and equipment are required: (1) Instruments and equi...
...ir balloon simulation (http://www.powersim.no/WebSims/Hotair), I got the formulas from a hot air balloon pilot (Ole Anton Haugland) at the Norwegian University of science in Tromsø. He teaches physic...
Duration and distance attempt for the BBAC Silver Award East Midlands Balloon Group Long Jump attempt Pilot Ian Lloyd Date Sunday 18 October 1998 Launch location Homesford Cottage, Derbyshire SK3235 5...
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