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Balloon Life,September 2000

September 2000
Volume 15, Number 9

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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Logbook
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec
Roanoke, Virginia
London, Ontario
Bécancour, Quebec

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Balloon Life Marketplace
Products andServices for sale

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Hangar Flying
withGeorge Denniston
Water, Water Everywhere...

Cover Photo:
White Sands, New
Mexico
Photo: K. L.
Thompson

Special Report: Crewing

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TheCrewingExperience
It’s the easiest way to get into ballooning, but once you’ve volunteered to crew,
whatare yousuppose todo?

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CrewManual
A handy outline or extensive manual to help new crew members to learn about
expectations of them duringa balloon operation.
2020 Steps to Responsible Crewing

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StateofBallooning
Balloon Life’s review of ballooningin the U.S.:
22New York
24Maine

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“North AmericanHotAirAirship Championship2000”
Brian Boland and friends spend a day “polishing” up the six hot air airships at
his facility in Post Mills, Vermont. The next day they held the largest gathering
of hot air airships inthe U.S.