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re: Anyone have experience with hot air balloons?
Posted on 4/30/21 at 2:32 am to AUbagman
Posted on 4/30/21 at 2:32 am to AUbagman
I volunteered a few times to help work the local annual balloon fest. I can say that for 99% of them, it was an expensive hobby they love, that can be partially subsidized with paying customers.
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Posted on 4/30/21 at 2:51 am to Kujo
They have tethered rides at Tulip Festival out here. Pretty much the same model you're talking about:
Tulip Fest
I've also been to the Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque. It's cool, but I would never go up in an untethered one. There are way too many power lines in this world.
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Tulip Fest
I've also been to the Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque. It's cool, but I would never go up in an untethered one. There are way too many power lines in this world.
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Posted on 4/30/21 at 2:55 am to Kujo
quote:What would the background for the selfies be? Muddy water?
If I got a permit to attach it near the Riverwalk, The rides would be over the Mississippi I assume for the most part depending on wind.
This post was edited on 4/30/21 at 10:39 am
Posted on 4/30/21 at 5:41 am to Kujo
Disney Springs has a similar set up.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 6:42 am to Kujo
Yes. The arse hole operators love to cut fences.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 7:21 am to Kujo
Put a cell phone store near the launch/landing area to sell replacements to the balloon customers who drop theirs while taking selfies.
Baton Rouge had a balloon festival in 1989. This happened, and the video on TV made me never want to ride in one.
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Baton Rouge had a balloon festival in 1989. This happened, and the video on TV made me never want to ride in one.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ A balloonist who was killed when his aging hot air balloon collapsed and plummeted to the ground before a crowd of thousands radioed his wife in his final seconds to warn spectators away.
Robert Mock, 52, of Paonia, Colo., died Saturday when his balloon fell 2,000 feet and crashed during the National Hot Air Balloon Championships. Mock called on the radio before the 5:55 p.m. crash to say a flap near the top of the balloon wasn’t sealing properly, said his wife, Charlene.
?Bob called me on his aircraft radio and he said the Chariot of Fire was having trouble,? Mrs. Mock said. ?He said, ‘It doesn’t look good.’ And I didn’t bother him,? she said. A short time later, she related, ?he said, ’Clear the people out from underneath.?
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Mock’s balloon collapsed in the air and dropped from the sky as flames spewed from the gas burner normally used to control its altitude.
A witness, Southern University professor Moriba A. Karamoko, said Mock continued to work the butane burner controls in an apparent effort to reinflate the craft as it fell.
?He was a lot more in control than I would have been,? Karamoko said.
Birk said Mock apparently shut down his burners about 75 feet above the ground to prevent the gas cylinders from exploding on impact.
Mrs. Mock said her husband took up ballooning less than two years ago after a 20-year career as a cropduster.
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Posted on 4/30/21 at 7:24 am to SATNIGHTS
Saw that balloonist go down in person as a kid. Hot air balloon festival was always a good time (except that time).
This post was edited on 4/30/21 at 7:26 am
Posted on 4/30/21 at 8:43 am to AUbagman
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I always wondered, what happens if you have to pee?
There’s a very, very easy solution for that...
Posted on 4/30/21 at 8:53 am to Kujo
Since it seems you know little to nothing about flying a hot air balloon or what it might take to take passengers as a business, the most obvious answer is if you can buy a hot air balloon for $5k, and they cost around $30-40k, buy it and flip it.
I've done the passenger trips offered here in Central Florida -- lame.
I've done the passenger trips offered here in Central Florida -- lame.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:50 am to Kujo
For 2 weeks I worked near an airport that did hot air balloon rides and after watching that, there's no way I'd go up in one of those things.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:10 am to AUbagman
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When we lived in Albuquerque, most of the pilots charged $300-$500 per rider, granted it was a couple hours up.
I always wondered, what happens if you have to pee?
The term "golden shower" would take on a whole new meaning
This post was edited on 4/30/21 at 10:11 am
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:33 am to Kujo
Some time in the 90’s a buddy and I were driving around the LSU lakes smoking a joint before a football game when we saw a hot air balloon descending as if it was going to land in the lake. We got to them just as the balloon’s basket slammed into the bank and tossed the pilot and passenger out into the grass.
After helping the pilot pull the basket away from the lake and getting the balloon flattened out we realized that the passenger, who didn’t help us at all btw, was none other than Leo Honeycutt. Leo didn’t even thank us for the help.
After helping the pilot pull the basket away from the lake and getting the balloon flattened out we realized that the passenger, who didn’t help us at all btw, was none other than Leo Honeycutt. Leo didn’t even thank us for the help.
This post was edited on 4/30/21 at 10:09 pm
Posted on 4/30/21 at 1:06 pm to BregmansWheelbarrow
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watched it from 50 feet away on a levee in vidalia. I would never get on one of those things.
What year of the Natchez Balloon Races was that?
This post was edited on 4/30/21 at 1:07 pm
Posted on 4/30/21 at 1:33 pm to mikelbr
About 7-8 years ago a balloon carrying a wedding party crashed into hi powered power lines and 1-12 died. Operator had lots of experience, but decided poorly
Posted on 4/30/21 at 1:39 pm to Trevaylin
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hot air balloons
I came in here hoping you simply forgot to add NSFW to the thread title. But nope, this thread sucks.
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