THE MAGAZINE FOR HOT AIR BALLOONING

November 1997
Volume 12, Number 11

Features

A Guide to Crewing for Hot Air Balloons
Course 114-Landowner Relations Part 1. Part of a continuing series on crewing for people new to ballooning.

26th Kodak Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
The Big One gets better.

America's Challenge Gas Balloon Race
17 gas balloons compete in the America's Challenge and for the honor to represent the U.S. in next year's Coupe de Gordon Bennett.

The Day I Crashed
How an over zealous media can ruin your day.

16th Annual Great Reno Balloon Race
Over 120 balloons delighted spectators in The Biggest Little City in the World.

Review - Ron Behrmann Photography Calendars
Ron Behrmann offers his 1998 calendars.

Special Report: The Race Around the World

Transglobal Attempts - A Retrospective
Balloon Life takes a look back at the past attempts to fly a balloon around-the-world.

Ballooning's Highway Around the World
Balloon Life talks with Bob Rice to learn how five of the teams will try to use the sub-tropical jet stream to circumnavigate the globe.

The Race is On
Balloon Life takes a look at the plans for the six current contenders to make an around-the-world balloon flight this winter season.

Danger in the Jet Stream
A review of the upcoming NOVA/PBS special on the three transglobal attempts made last January.





Checklist

Editor

Calendar

Preflight
News and Information

Balloon Life Marketplace
Products and Services for sale

Balloonmeister
Ron Behrmann

Hangar Flying
with George Denniston
Ballooning Iceland's Volcanoes



Cover Illustration: More than 800 balloons filled the sky for the 1997 Kodak Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. Photo: K. L. Thompson



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