Here are a few taken in order of the run from yesterdays flight. It was a lot of fun. I have yet to have time to process the video and this is from only one camera.. and they both worked too... amazing. About 17gig of video. youch!
Shot 1.
As we launched.. what should have been a light wind moving us South West at 3mph we went directly south East. So I started spinning and increased the heat and spun upward ( that's why you can see the chase vehicles ) two rotations and up to an altitude where the winds moved us North and slightly west.
Shot 2.
At an altitude that we are moving West towards the two balloons off to the left there. It was a 1/2 mph speed wind.. too damn slow.. so we went up higher to see if we could move faster..
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Shot 3.
Up up and away... For some reason I tracked on a course that I have done twice before. It was very strange... very very strange... I mean.. really... by about 50 feet we were on the same track same height.
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Shot 5.
Stopped for the second time on Northern. Checking the center-line for accuracy before hopping up onto the berm above. Rio Rancho Road line stripers do a good job.
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Shot 6.
Brought to you by Richard Nixon...
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Shot 7.
Landed and safe and sound. Moved off to the nearest clean area to lay out the envelope so it didn't get poked. Still covered in dust though but that's part of flying in the desert. I am not patting him on the head.. I am protecting his head from banging on the burner just in case... Not that that happened.... just being careful.
Never know what he would do if he banged his head.... never know.... really...
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Shot 8.
Ya NEVER KNOW!!!
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It was such a fun day.... And next weekend I get to go help him out... Cant beat it...
If you have never been ballooning... you DO NOT know what fun you are missing! If you want to come learn to crew and crew..... come out.. let me know... Oh.. and crew fly free all the time. Oh Yeah!!!!!!
Carab-Links!
Way too many links today that are interesting...
Dont break your flash / thumb drive
http://lifehacker.com/use-a-flexible-usb-adapter-to-avoid-breaking-flash-driv-869148452
And you ask me why I like flying balloons.. cause this is ugly...
http://jalopnik.com/the-ten-scariest-aircraft-landings-caught-on-video-866278053
Bug eyed!
http://gizmodo.com/disneys-new-algorithm-turns-any-photo-into-a-3d-wonder-872804707
Wooooo... paint!
http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/22/fresh-paint-windows-phone-8/
There are so so so...so...many links out there that are interesting... Im going reading.
Have a fun evening!
