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Had my annual physical yesterday.
Found hypertension and being put on meds for it. Thought this would flag me to hand in my ticket.
Found out to day as long as I keep up with meds I'm good to keep flying. :fingerdance
Waiting on the next bullet Monday. Labs for Diabetes. If I am positive and put on insulin they pull my ticket and I'm done flying.:yikes
What is it you fly?
77500 cubic foot hot air balloon.
Champagne Sunrise
Ware river between Glouchester and Mathews Counties... Was doing touch and go landings on the river "Splash and Dash".
http://www.suffolk-video.com/connect...g_pics/CS8.jpg
Good to go for another year.... labs all came back normal-low normal.
:ThumbsUp :cheers2 :fingerdance
How do you control your trolling speed in that thing?Quote:
Originally Posted by Chasing Ghosts
Now that's a cool way to sneak into the neighbors pond!!!!
That is a cool pic. Congrats and keep on flying.
Drift Sock?Quote:
Originally Posted by Boscoe
Actually the deeper you sink the basket against current slows you down.
My objective is to practice a soft landing. If I can just graze the surface enough to create a wake and not get water in the basket... perfect landing..... maintaining that amount of buoyancy to keep in contact with the water and keep dry is hard to do though.
The pic was taken by the wife of the guy I had flying with me.
I asked him he'd mind if I dipped the basket in the river a few times and looked a little puzzled but said "Sure... um... am I going to need to take off my shoes"? when we skipped on the surface the first time he hopped up and was sitting on one of my fuel tanks with his arms wrapped around the uprights, with his feet up on a hand hold.
I barely had one corner of the floor get wet and that was because of his sudden shifting of weight as we dropped in.
I'd love to own 1 of these 2 balloons.... being 2 of my other hobbies... Magic and the Paranormal
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That's cool. Went to school with a fellow who fly's them things. You might know him Mark Nelson.
From Bryce Mountain?
Flys a Steerman?
If it's the Mark Nelson I know/knew, he used to put on a balloon rally in the Shenandoah Vally in October.... New Market airport... great place to fly.
That's him. Cool. Do you know if he still fly's ?
I'm pretty sure he does.
It's been years since I saw him... last time he was looking for hanger space down this way for the Steerman.
We spent 6 years in Albuquerque while in the Air Force in the 80s. I crewed for a balloonist from Pueblo, Colorado a couple of years in the Fiesta. What a great time we had! Was thinking about getting my license until they moved me to northern California, then I didn't have time.
Were you ever a Zebra for Fiesta?
Last Time I made it out there was 2001
Still wear my Pilots Jacket from there in the winter.
BTW
A Zebra is a launch director at AIBF (Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta)
Here's why they are called "Zebras"
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Don't miss those freezing pilot briefings on the launch field at O'Dark-thirty. Do miss the Green Chili Stew for breakfast though once in a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by Redy2Fish
Lol, never was a Zebra, they had to get up earlier and stay later. Not many people know about Green Chili Stew, it is awesome. McCormick make a white chicken chili mix, add pork instead of chicken, it come real close to the right taste! Potatoes too of course.