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The thought of cruising more than 500 feet in the air, kept from falling to my death only by a wicker basket did not send a calming heathrow car rental shuttle feeling over my body when I awoke this morning. heathrow car rental shuttle Yes, hot air balloons have been around since the 1700s and mine would be manned by a professional crew and pilots, but in my head I was wondering if I was going to be on the 5 o'clock news or the newest episode of I Survived on the Bio Channel.
Skydance Ballooning owners Luc and Loren Goethals and their crew, after an hour of what balloonists call "hurry up and wait," watched and waited for the wind to hurry up and calm down. The balloon and basket were assembled before my very eyes, along with 20 other hot air balloons in the field across from Plano High School. Watching heathrow car rental shuttle the assembly didn't calm me, but the comedic and reassuring crew of Skydance heathrow car rental shuttle convinced me and Carol Ricoro, a fellow heathrow car rental shuttle first-time flyer, to climb into the three-person basket.
The basket was sturdy although small, with the warmth from the flame and the cool wind creating a cozy atmosphere. Taking off, Ricoro had admitted to being afraid of heights, heathrow car rental shuttle but her nerves and mine disappeared after five minutes.
Pilot Luc, as we floated calmly on the 12-mph wind, discussed several of his 20 years of adventures, including flying in six different countries, and his daughter who is currently in Belgium training to become a hot air balloon pilot. heathrow car rental shuttle Luc intermittently heathrow car rental shuttle checked his navigational app on his iPhone, which indicated our altitude, speed, and the amount of time we had been flying as we waved and said good morning to people in their backyards, driving in cars, and on golf courses.
The feeling you get standing on a tall building is surprisingly different than standing in a hot air balloon basket; you don't feel sick or dizzy or worry about falling to your death. heathrow car rental shuttle After an hour, we braced ourselves for landing by hanging on to the inner handles of the basket and squatted down. As the basket touched solid ground, it bounced and then dragged us through a plowed corn field across from Pizza Hut Park in Frisco.
After five minutes, the crew, who had been chasing us by car from below, arrived and gave us welcoming hugs and hot air balloon pins. They prepared the balloon to be disassembled heathrow car rental shuttle and loaded back into the trailer to be set back up for the Plano Balloon Festival this weekend.
Someone heathrow car rental shuttle was giving hot air balloon rides and the balloon got blown off course with a passenger on board. The balloon got tangled in some power lines near LBJ freeway. The balloon pilot and passenger were most likely electrocuted, then the basket caught fire and their burned bodies fell onto the service road during rush hour traffic.
I was involved in hot air ballooning for 10 years when I lived in Albuquerque. It is a very safe sport. Although I know of a few accidents, considering the vast number of hours balloons fly just in the ABQ area, there are very few accidents. Flying is a wonderful experience.
I think ballooning is probably more safe than driving heathrow car rental shuttle on 635. I also think that a seasoned, experienced pilot like Luc makes the venture even safer and he clearly provides in-air entertainment heathrow car rental shuttle for the passengers! I beleive I have now heard every excuse for male pattern baldness.:P
@Devon. I don t see any bitterness heathrow car rental shuttle in anything I posted. I simply recounted heathrow car rental shuttle incident that happened locally a few years ago. I am a vintage aviation enthusiast with subscriptions to a number of journals for academic historians. I am not a licensed pilot and and have no financial interest heathrow car rental shuttle in aviation. I also never said that small planes don t crash. They do all the time, usually due to pilot error and inexperience. The expert heathrow car rental shuttle balloon pilot said it all when he said, you never know where you land . I think people should fly in hot air balloons but they should also understand the risks. No bitterness here.
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