For years, avid DIY mechanics have been trying to rely on the Balloon Maintenance Manuals to help them work on their toys themselves. This is the real meaning of the terms used:

Rotate anticlockwise. Translation: Clamp with mole-grips (adjustable wrench / vice grips) then beat repeatedly with hammer anticlockwise. You do know which way is anticlockwise, don't you?

Should remove easily. Translation: Will be corroded into place ... clamp with adjustable wrench then beat repeatedly with a hammer.… Continue

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THE TOP SIX MOST DANGEROUS THINGS IN BALLOONING :

A student pilot saying, "I learned this in balloon camp...."
A crew chief saying, "Trust me, I've been here before ....."
A commerical pilot saying, "Based on my experience..."
A balloon instructor saying, " I was just thinking...."
A gas balloon pilot saying, " Back in my day....."
and a 100hr pilot chuckling, "Watch this shit..."

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Nigel, had just finished a great hopper flight over the outback followed by a fast but good landing.

He was just squeezing the air out of the envelope when he noticed a King brown Snake making off into the grass with his VHF radio.
Knowing the snake couldn't bite him with the radio in it's mouth, Nigel grabbed him behind the head, took the radio and placed it in his hopper.

Now the dilemma was how to release the snake without getting bitten. Nigel grabbed a can of VB from his post flight drink… Continue