Minimum Safe Altitudes Rewritten? 16
Temecula Balloon & Wine Festival 24
To Soar with Eagles 20
Winter - The Best Time 32
Freeflight: Bomb, Baby, Balloon - Don Piccard 45
Hangar Flying: Top Out 46
Logbook:
Waynesville, Ohio 42
Pinetop/Lakeside, Arizona 43
Virginia 43
Preflight:
Boulder Products (Trailer wheel lock) 8
Cover Photo (explanation) 8
FAA BBS 9
KAIBF goes WWW 9
Phone Home (flat rate phone service) 9
State Laws (TX, CO) 9
Thunder & Colt US (new address & phone) 8
Five Years Ago in Balloon Life 9
Repair Station: Correcting Some Misconceptions 36
Special Report: Changing Balloon Festivals
The Changing Face of Balloon Festivals 26
Changes We’d Like to See 29
Safety First: Managing the Magic of Alexandria 30
July
Balloonmeister: Coy Foster 41
Crew Quarters: Setting the Record Straight 12
Features:
Airship Navigator - Book Review 29
Computing The Rate of Ascent of a Pibal 18
Pilot Proficiency - FAA Wings Program 14
Rat in the Field 30
Freeflight: Dreaming Balloons - Bill Murtorff 43
Hangar Flying: Maiden Flight 44
Legal Log: Weather Minimums for VFR Conditions 36
Preflight:
Odyssey Update (global attempt) 10
PTS Review (call for comments) 10
Propane Accident (TX) 10
Smokey Goes to Holland 11
The Balloon Works (new warranty, temp gage, Blom hired) 10
US Team Championship Results 11
World Air Games 10
Five Years Ago in Balloon Life 11
Repair Station: Doing The Right Thing 34
Special Report: Small Balloons
History of the Small Balloon 20
The Wallaby 24
The Federal Regulations Regarding Ultralight Balloons 26
An Alternative View to Small Balloons 28
August
Balloonmeister: Bill Norwood 41
Crew Quarters: Powerlines: A Crash Course 12
Features:
Boise River Festival 5 28
Computing Wind Speed Aloft Using a Pibal 14
The Nashville Balloon Classic 30
The Pre-Astronauts-Manned Ballooning on the Threshold of Space
16
U.S. National Hot Air Balloon Team Championship 32
Waiting for the Weather-It’s a Party! 24
Freeflight: Educating the FAA - Christine Kalakuka
43
Hangar Flying: Out of Fuel 44
Legal Log: Privatizing Aviation Weather Forecasts
36
Preflight:
Aviation Weather Services (AC available) 10
Branson & Lindstrand to Try Around the World 10
Fatal Balloon Accident 11
Heartsill Wins Worlds 10
The GR-R-REAT TONY Balloon (cereal box) 11
Five Years Ago in Balloon Life 11
Repair Station: Getting a Good Annual 34
Special Report: Balloons and Animals
Balloons and Animals 18
Talking It Out 22
September
Balloonmeister: Pat Cannon 41
Crew Quarters: Ground Control 18
Features:
12th World Hot Air Balloon Championship 12
Freeflight: Balloon to be Auctioned 67
Legal Log: Commenting on NPRM 58
Preflight:
Benedikt Haggeney (obituary) 10
Cannon Wins U.S. Nationals 10
International Balloon & Airship Hall of Fame 10
The Balloon Works (airworthiness seminar) 10
Upside Down Balloon 10
Repair Station: Documentation for Balloons 60
Special Report: NPRM 95-11
Proposed FAR Changes: An Overview 21
Proposed Rule: FAR Part 61 22
The Fight for a Balloon Instructor Rating 50
Burn or Rip (Instructor rating or not) 52
Balloon Life’s Position on NPRM 95-11 54
October
Balloonmeister: Joe Kittinger 41
Features:
Great Texas Balloon Race 19
Reviews
Tragedy in Belarus 14
Virgin Global Challenger 21
What A Great Sport! (Malaysia meet) 16
Freeflight: My Summer Vacation, Almost 43
Hangar Flying: Forbearance 44
Legal Log: Organizing Business Income & Expenses for Tax Purposes Part 1 36
Preflight:
Balloon Federation of America (election results) 10
Coupe Gordon Bennett 10
Joe Kittinger (Elder Statesman) 10
Maurer-Noel Agency (takes over from Roth Ins) 12
Solar Scooter 12
Five Years Ago in Balloon Life 12
Repair Station: Shipshape? In Bad Shape? Shapeless? Shapeup? 34
Special Report: Special Shape Balloons
Shapes-They’re Grrrrreat! 24
Look! Up in the Sky! 28
November
Balloonmeister: Charlie Sundquist 41
Crew Quarters: Kids on the Crew 10
Features:
Ammonia Limits Continue to Expand (Eidsness flight) 12
NPRM 95-11 Update 33
Pepsi Big Skyfest 17
Smith’s Balloon Festival 21
Freeflight: Helping Yourself - Christine Kalakuka 44
Hangar Flying: Flight or Fright? 46
Legal Log: Organizing Business Income & Expenses for Tax
Purposes Part 2 36
Logbook:
Finger Lakes, New York 42
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin 42
Snowmass, Colorado 43
Preflight:
Antarctica Flight Planned (Bill Arras) 8
[Tim} Cole Inducted 9
FAI News (Belarus tragedy) 8
National Balloon Museum (news) 8
New Zealand Accident (3 fatalities) 9
Thaddeus Lowe Aerogramme 9
The Balloon Works (new shape, maint. seminar) 8
The Davies Company (new address) 8
Five Years Ago in Balloon Life 9
Repair Station: Balloons, Electricity and Powerlines 34
Special Report: KAIBF
The Big One! 24
Pilots Remembered 25
Balloon Federation of America (meetings) 27
How Not to Give Away a Car 28
Gorilla in a Go-Kart 28
cyberspace@kaibf
29
America’s Challenge Gas Balloon Race 30
Statement of Ownership, Management, & Circulation 43
December
Balloonmeister: George Hahn 41
Features:
Reviews
Tranquil Voyager 28
Freeflight: Don Piccard 45
Hangar Flying: Crossing the Alps 46
Legal Log: Organizing Business Income & Expenses for Tax Purposes Part 3 36
Logbook:
Statesville, North Carolina 10
Gatineau, Canada 10
Preflight:
AA-4 World Record (Eidsness) 9
AIBF (Ruppenthal resigns) 8
Canadian Air Products 8
Lindstrand Balloons USA 8
Five Years Ago in Balloon Life 8
Repair Station: Saving Money on Your Inspections 34
Special Report: Baskets
Care and Feeding of Your Wicker Basket 12
A Tisket, A Tasket 16
The Triangular Carriage 24
Burn or Rip? Four Corners or Three?
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