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04.2001

04.2001
Volume 16, Number 4

Checklist

The Magazine For Hot Air Ballooning

Features

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Editor

6

Preflight
NewsandInformation

10

Calendar

38

Balloon Life Marketplace
Products andServices for sale

46

Hangar Flying
withGeorge Denniston
First Texas Panhandle Crossing

Cover Photo:
Chrysler
Corporation’snew
entryinthe trans-
portation market
witha new hybrid
aircraft.
Photo: Bob Roman-
eschi

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FAR Out
Commercialcertificate ratingrequirements. A column about Federal
Aviation Regulations.

41

BalloonOwner RegistrationResponsibilities
Balloon Life’s reviewsthe legal requirements of owning an aircraft.

44

SafetySeminar atSeaII
The Southern California BalloonAssociation and the LasVegas Balloon
Association team upto present a balloonsafety seminar inanunusual
environment—far fromthe distraction of flying.

Special Report: 16th AnnualBalloon Buyer’s Guide

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Aerostar International

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Avian BalloonCorporation

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CameronBalloons

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FantasyBalloons

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FireFlyBalloons

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GalaxyBalloons

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HeadBalloons

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LindstrandBalloonsUSA

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NationalBallooning,Ltd.

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Thunder &ColtAmerica

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Boland Balloons