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Balloon Life,July 2000

July2000
Volume 15, Number 7

Checklist

The Magazine For Hot Air Ballooning

Features

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Editor

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Preflight
NewsandInformation

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Calendar

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Balloon Life Marketplace
Products andServices for sale

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Logbook
Sacramento, California
Decatur, Alabama

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Hangar Flying
withGeorge Denniston
Celestial Negotiations

Cover Photo:
Patriotic colors at
the Santa Fe Trail
BalloonRally
Photo: K. L.
Thompson

SpecialReport: Summer Weather

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Thin Air
The dog daysof summer canmake your aerostat seem like a dog. Density
Altitude is a yardstick tomeasure performance inwarmer temperaturesand
higher elevations.
21Computing Density Altitude

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ChartingStability
Ever wonder whenthunderstorms might popup ona summer afternoon?
LiftedandK Indexesare a valuable tool for analyzingthe probabilityof
thunderstorms.
22Lifted & K Index
24Stability Index Operational Impact

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ClassProject
A simple request turnedinto a big project. The bigger it got the more difficult
itbecame toendit.Balloon Life’s investigative reportfailedthe A+ class
project.

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StateofBallooning
Balloon Life’s review of ballooningin the U.S.:
16Kentucky
18North Dakota

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GodfreyL.CabotAward2000
Brian Jonesacceptsfor the Breitling Orbiter 3 team in Boston. And, shares a
few more storiesof hisandBertrand Piccard’s amazing flight.

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Reviews
Ballooning 2001Calendar
Paris Up In Balloons
Alien Encounter
For The Boys