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Tony Goodnow commented on Damien Cundy's blog post 'RAAF balloon flight game'

Nevermind, I knew I'd find it myself as soon as I asked......

December 6

Tony Goodnow commented on Damien Cundy's blog post 'RAAF balloon flight game'

I'm building the links page for our club's new website and wanted to add this game but it is no longer where it was listed here. Does anybody know of another source for it?

December 6

Damien Cundy commented on Jerry Bolton's photo 'Balloon classic 2009 411'

Like this picture, the balloon glows very well!

November 22

Damien Cundy replied to Steve's discussion 'Two-Way Radios'

Gday Steve, Check some of your local hardware stores for good radios. I bought a set of 2 hand held 40 channel UHF's on sale for A$99.00 (australian) they have a max 5km range (or 8mile range) and are rechargable. If they go flat you can take the ba…

November 19

Damien Cundy commented on Mike Hernandez's photo 'circLIN'DAwn above the Glens Falls skyline'

Nice balloon. Nice bright colours, looks new too!

November 14

Damien Cundy commented on mark mitchell's video 'wow'

Good stuff, really puts you into the competition with balloons so close together.

November 10

Damien Cundy commented on mark mitchell's video 'landings are fun'

yep seen this on youtube. Must be before the days of smart vent i reckon! :)

November 10

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Become interested in Hot Air Balloons during the 1986 championships in the Barossa Valley. Started crewing at the age of 13 and gained my private pilots certificate during 2000. Purchased "Little Beth" a Kavanagh 65, during 2006. Often seen flying in the Barossa Valley on weekends next to the commercial pilots.

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RAAF balloon flight game

The RAAF - Air force has a great balloon game which you must try. (Be careful it's addictive) this game can be found at http://forteachersforstudents.com.au/RAAF/Interactives/Balloon/Balloon.html

You fly from your launch site towards targets & depending on your landing to the centre are awarded points accordingly. It has a wind indicator, envelope & ambient temperature, your rate of climb & descent, altitude etc etc. It even has a working vent that you can see working when you opera… Continue

Posted on March 23, 2009 at 8:29am — 27 Comments

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At 6:43pm on October 30, 2009, Michael Toulson said…: Good man u? Its so funny yeah i might have to find a mate instead of a girlfriend. You going to leeton next year or canowindra?

At 9:18pm on October 29, 2009, Michael Toulson said…: Hey Don't you find it funny when a guy joins the site and he gets 2 welcomes and when a hot girl joins she gets 10 welcomes? Well that just makes me want to create a girl account, add a nice picture of a hot girl and spam them with the word spam. Just to teach them not to add girls that dont comment back or dont have anything in there "about me" box. Thoughts?

At 2:16pm on June 10, 2009, Rory Larkin said…: yes

At 12:02am on May 27, 2009, Andy Broker said…: Thanks for your comment, glad you liked it. The song is called Anything from The Calling.

At 8:11am on April 23, 2009, mark mitchell said…: yeah i am in but steve g offered me a place to stay which was kind of him so i think i might take him up on the offer

At 9:47am on March 23, 2009, Ryan Pendell said…: Thanks for posting that balloon game. You were right. It is addicting. I'm supposed to be working on ground school homework. Instead i'm gonna be playing that for hours.

At 10:18pm on March 20, 2009, Marty Miller said…: Hey Damien how ya goin?

At 11:02am on February 15, 2009, Scobie Peart said…: will keep you in the observers loop

At 9:19am on February 14, 2009, Scobie Peart said…: The pic is the result of having a geeky son who know's my password.
By the way are u interested in observing at the nationals this year?

At 10:00am on January 13, 2009, Bronwyn Fisher said…: Hi Damien, we are very good. Dirk hasn't been out recently in Bi-Frost, due to weather and me needing surgery. We hope to be up in the air again very soon. Hope to catch up with you soon.