THE MAGAZINE FOR HOT AIR BALLOONING

December 1997
Volume 12, Number 12

Features

A Guide to Crewing for Hot Air Balloons
Course 114-Landowner Relations Part 2. Part of a continuing series on crewing for people new to ballooning.

1997 Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race
The closest race in the events history as the top three teams finish less than a few hundreds meters apart.

Red River Rally
Fair weather allows for a full weekend of activities in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Special Report: First World Nature Games

World Nature Games
Balloon Life travels to the West Coast of Brazil to report on the 30 balloonists who competed in the First World Nature Games

If You Go To Parana
Major Tourist Attractions




Checklist

Editor

Calendar

Preflight
News and Information

Repair Station
Can you trust your repair station?

Balloon Life Marketplace
Products and Services for sale

Balloonmeister
Rubens Kalousdian

FreeFlight
Albuquerque Gas, Don Piccard

Postflight
Letters to the Editor

Hangar Flying
with George Denniston
Over the Falls!


Cover Illustration: Illustration by: Charles Goll


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