THE MAGAZINE FOR HOT AIR BALLOONING

January 1996
Volume 11, Number 1

Features

Zen and the Art of Appropriate Aerostation
Author Jim Isler give you a "how to" for improving your piloting skills

Balloon Life Index 95
Complete Listing of all Articles and News Items in 1995

Special Report: Maps

Building a Mapboard
Having a detailed map without a way to use it effectively in flight dosen't do much good. Balloon Life presents "how to" build a map board.

Sectional Charts
They're not just for airplanes. Valuable preflight and in-flight information is contained on these aeronautical charts
Sectional Chart Quiz

Finding Your Way
A guide to basic map and compass navigation.

Plotting Your Course
How to utilize pibal information and your map to determine a takeoff point which will get you to your goal.

Map Making From a Balloon
At the turn of this century a "photogrammetric gun" was developed for use in balloons to assist in gathering information for map making.


Checklist

Editor

Calendar

Preflight
News and Information

Crew Quarters
Finding Your Own Way

Legal Log
Organizing Business Income & Expenses for Tax Purposes - Part 4

Balloon Life Marketplace
Products and Services for sale

Balloonmeister
Eric Barnum

Logbook
Page Lake Powell, Arizona
Laughlin, Nevada

Freeflight
Bill Murtorff
Xanadu

Hangar Flying
with George Denniston
Jeepers Creepers, What's that Beeper!



Cover Photo: Red Rock Balloon Rally. Gallup, New MexicoPhoto: Trish Behrmann



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