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April 2007 Blog Posts (4)

Codename: Disaster

Just found this on YouTube. Keep an eye out for the dog.

Added by Andrew Robertson on April 28, 2007 at 9:18am — 2 Comments

Here is one for the geeks. A 106,000 cuft Darth Vader helmet can now be seen flying around the skies of Belgium. This is not for any specific promotion (no there isn't another Star Wars film coming out), it is simply the project of a true fan. More photos can be seen on the Darth Vader Balloon website.

Added by Andrew Robertson on April 25, 2007 at 8:09pm — No Comments

Flying solo in Second Life

So what do you do when it is the middle of the night and you are sitting at home dreaming of ballooning? Well it looks like lazlopazlo has solved this , by going flying around Second Life. Check out the cool video of one of his/her…

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Added by Andrew Robertson on April 25, 2007 at 8:53am — 1 Comment

Aunty Monkey is back!

I have been thinking about setting up Aunty Monkey again for a while, but it has taken me a while to find the right way to do it. And here it is.

Aunty Monkey was something that started up in Australian during the early 90s. At the time, there was a lot of politics going on in the sport (in

Australia and around the world). All the ballooning newsletters and

magazines started to become full of negativity. A group of young

balloonists (self included) decided that they had… Continue

Added by Andrew Robertson on April 19, 2007 at 12:01am — 1 Comment