01.2004
Volume 19, Number 1

Checklist

Features

Balloons Over Dairyland

Dairy cattlemen and balloonist get together in Sulphur Springs, Texas to celebrate the Hopkins County Dairy Festival.

FAR Out

Alcohol and Drugs. A column about Federal Aviation Regulations.

Coloardo Balloon Club

One of the oldest and largest balloon clubs in the country is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

A Collection of Medals

This past October the balloon medal collection of Robert White was auctioned in London. White began collecting in the early 1960’s and many of his medals were used to illustrate Evelyn Malpas’ book, Lighter than Air, published in 1989 by the British Air Medal Society.

Special Report

Anatomy of an Accident

Accidents are rarely the result of one event. Rather, they are a culmination of a sequence, or chain, of events. Eleven links to be aware of and a look at one accident.

Tragedy in Morgan Hill

The official National Transportation Safety Board report on a fatal balloon flight in May of 1999. A detailed report of the balloon accident and the contributing factors.

Departments

Preflight

News and Information

Logbook
Rocky Mountain Balloon Festival

Hangar Flying

The Great American Duck Race Balloon Rally

Cover

Early morning over central Florida.
Photo: Courtesy Orange Blossom Balloons, Orlando, Florida
Balloon Life 01.2004