A Hot Air Balloon Scrapbook
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A Hot Air Balloon Scrapbook | ||||||
| Over my years of ballooning, I have met many people and part of many memories, each one special. Here is a collection of stories and mementos that have made my flights worthwhile. | ||||||
| Risa and Edye celebrated their 60th birthday with a Hot Air Balloon Ride. | ||||||
| "The ride was great. Calm and beautiful. Of course the excitement centeredaround searching for a place to land and the eventual landing itself. The cowswe met were quite surprised but tolerated it well! Jack was terrific and mostprofessional, and we felt safe all the way. The crew was very pleasant aswell. Thanks for a good and safe time. I would gladly recommend you to anyone whowas interested". Risa | ||||||
| Douglas completed his 200 jump from my balloon. | ||||||
| "This past Sunday, I had the ride of a lifetime. I made my 200th jump from ahot air balloon, thanks to Capt. Jack of Carolina Balloon AdVentures"........"Next time, I promised myself, I've got to stay in that balloon." Douglas Kiang | ||||||
| Balloon-Barbecue-Bonfire Ad-venture for the Kent's | ||||||
| "We searched for a ballooning web site in December of 1998 and came acrossCaptain Jack's immediately. After reading through it we knew we had to getour group signed up as soon as possible. We sent in a deposit for sixteenpeople in January of 1999. The date I chose was June 5th. We've foundthrough experience that it's never too early to make a commitment for a bigevent. | ||||||
| Captain Jack corresponded with us by e-mail and by phone through out theend of winter right up to the day of the launch. His attention to detailkept us at ease. A party this size needs a good coordinator to keepeverything on track. Everything was meticulously planned out. Our numbersgrew from sixteen to twenty one passengers, and the event blossomed from asimple balloon trip to a balloon-barbecue-bon fire adventure! | ||||||
| When the big day came we couldn't have asked for better weather. We werevery fortunate, because this spring had some unusual wind conditions. | ||||||
| Balloon flights take place in the early morning or early evening when thewinds are much calmer. Our group required seven balloons. We wereintroduced to our pilots, and soon after we took a hayride to the launchsite. We whooped with excitement when we saw those balloon inflating! Weknew that the adventure was just minutes away and that we would soon flyaway with the wind. The site of those balloons taking off was astounding! | ||||||
| If you have a hunch that you'd like to go on a balloon ride we bet you canthink of a lot of people who would love to join you. We found that outwhen we sent in a deposit for sixteen people to go flying with CaptainJack. My wife and I knew we could get at least sixteen people to join us,and when the big day came we had twenty-one people flying and five joiningthe chase crews! To top of the evening flight Captain Jack arranged tohave a barbecue and bon fire for our group. My parents came for the ridetoo, and since it was their thirty-fifth wedding anniversary Captain Jackhad a chocolate cake made in the shape of a balloon in their honor. Thesites we saw, people we met, and fun the whole group had has made memoriesthat will last a lifetime. What a blast! | ||||||
| We couldn't write this without thanking the pilots and their crews. Thesepeople deserve a special recognition for their professionalism, enthusiasm,courtesy, and dedication to the sport of ballooning". | ||||||
| "Thank you all!" Kent and Caroline Smith | ||||||
| "More to come....." | ||||||
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