Windy tether flight.

Here we all are at Canberra airport waiting for the flight to Adelaide and from there we drive up to Flinders Range.
We started at 5am this morning and drove to a cricket pitch ouside Canberra where we tethered the balloon to a heavy vehicle and inflated in the strong wind.
Bit scary, but I pulled the rip when we were taken up by a strong gust.
Local press covered the Canberra balloon meet (CLICK)
And listen to a radio interviewHERE.
I hope the weather lets us fly. If I'm on the ground too long I get distracted. EBAY

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Great African Balloon Adventure - Crew.

Image
Frank is our director, and a jolly good job he's doing! It's a gruelling task keeping control of the schedule with so many things that scupper his plans - not the least of which is the weather! We see him here preparing for a landing amongst a herd of Buffalo and you can see his calm demeanor reassuring his fellow balloon passengers that all will be well. Standing beside Frank is Becca from the production team looking positively excited at the prospect at landing amongst Buffalo - thus demonstrating her skill at not being phased by occasional dramas and generally spreading good cheer all around and keeping control of the rest of us. Will is usually seen with a video camera bolted to his shoulder, but is seen here singing 'Jailhouse Rock' into his air microphone whilst Becca is reassuring him that the this new covered basket with seats will protect him from Buffalo on all future balloon landings. The air mike is made from sugar cane and is simply delicious, and simil
Read more