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I am finally getting to come over for fiesta. I wont make the monkey party as I will be arriving mid week.

Looking for drinking partners and people to lead me astray, if you can help out let me know.

See you all soon.

Hi Monkeyer's

Are any of you planning on attending the event in Metz this year?

I will be coming over for it and would love to meet any of the AM crowd who may be there.

Let me know if you will be going.

The weekend saw the completion of my homebuilding project of the last 4 years. Well sort of......

When I built my little 35k balloon back in 2004 the plan was always to have a cloudhopper style bottom end for it. Until thet could be done, I used a rubbish bin. The bin was great fun, and a crowd favourite, but it was never what I had really planned.

In speaking about this with Aussie homebuilder, Nigel Flynn, he said he would be happy to help me and build the hopper frame for me. SWEET, as I ha… Continue

A few things to remember as you float about.

As an aviator in flight you can do anything you want... As long as it's right.... And we'll let you know if it's right after you get down.


As a pilot only two bad things can happen to you and one of them is:
a. One day you will walk out to the aircraft knowing that it is your last flight in a Balloon
b. One day you will walk out to the aircraft not knowing that it is your last flight in a Balloon.


There are Rules and there are Laws.… Continue

So I went up to our regular flying spot on the weekend with the aim of taking my firsdt flight in the homebuilt airchair of AM member Nigel Flynn. Nigel has just finished his own homebuilt 42k balloon and we were also going to do a couple of inflations to see if we could get it all sorted so he could finish it up and hopefully get a test flight in next week sometime.

Sat morning dawned to a spectacular day, 2 degrees C and a light fog as I rolled into the launch field at devenish. Nigel has don… Continue