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Parachuter landing in crowd Added by China Made Balloon
Don't tie off on calm days? Added by Tony Goodnow
pimp my cloud hopper. Added by Justin Galbraith
Afternoon flying in the middle of the desert DUBAI 12 - 06 Added by Jim Mitchell

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Monday, May 12th

Another nice flight this morning, with visitors from Missouri and some local folks. A bit of a tussle for the inflation, but nice & steerable for the flight, with a 6+mph landing. Good times!! ~ Capt'n Brian

Posted by Brian Holmes on May 13th, 2008 at 5:08am — No Comments (Add)

Beautiful Benalla!

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Posted by Mizuho Oku on May 12th, 2008 at 2:31pm — No Comments (Add)

Zacarecas Mexico

has anyone ever attended this rally???? any info would be much appreciated!!! thanks

Posted by michelle swinton on May 11th, 2008 at 2:07pm — 6 Comments (Add)

New to Blogging!

Guess its time to dip my toes into the world of social networking! I will attempt to add blog notes from time-to-time, so stop back by! Gentle breezes and soft landings, ~Capt'n Brian

Posted by Brian Holmes on May 10th, 2008 at 1:44am — No Comments (Add)

flyin

Just wanted to say we got two morning flights in a row this week. I guess the weather might be getting better. YEAH, Lets get flying.

Posted by Jeremy King on May 6th, 2008 at 3:01pm — 5 Comments (Add)

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2008 Aunty Monkey Challenges
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Being one who every now and then likes to take a step beyond his comfort zone, I was thinking that it might be cool to set up a number of interesting ballooning challenges this year. Challenges tha... Continue

Tagged: challenges

Started by Andrew Robertson. Last reply by Angus Peart May 11.

Mexico rally
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Just wondering if any other AM members are going to be attending the balloon festival in Saltillo Mexico next week? I'll be staying an extra day to enjoy Cinco de Mayo :)

Started by Jim Regan. Last reply by Jim Regan May 11.

Posting Videos
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Hi...I have a video that I would like to add, but it is considerably larger than allowed. I see videos posted with music & vid, but how do you get the size of the video small enough to be withi... Continue

Tagged: resizing, video

Started by Brian Holmes. Last reply by Mike Hernandez May 9.

Mourning the loss of Balloonist Mike Charles, Sedona area pilot

The ballooning community lost one of it's younger members and a great guy. I had the priviledge of crewing and flying with him during their brief residence in the Houston area. Mike moved to Sedon... Continue

Started by Joan Nering May 9