May 1999

1999
Volume 14, Number 5

News
and
Information
Products and
Services for sale
Los Lunas, New Mexico
with
George Denniston
Montgolfiere Roulette
John
Ninomiya
prepares to test
the
waters of Bare Hill
Pond
in Harvard,
Massachusetts.
Photo: Jim Ellis
With The Wind
Where
wind
comes from,
airflow around
obstacles,
and
shears.
Yourself
Every single time you stand
in
a balloon, teach yourself something. Improve
on something that
you already do
well.
of
the
Balloons
Every spring
in
the Napa Valley there is a blessing of the balloons to help
assure a safe and successful flying season. Walter Pierre reports on
this
year’s
event.
of
Ballooning
Balloon Life’s review of ballooning
in the U.S.:
18
Arizona
21
West Virginia
Making
of
a
Pin
Jonathan
Abdalla goes
behind the scene to
report on
how those beautiful
cloisonné pins that balloonists
love are produced.
The Joy of Ballooning
A new coffee table book on
ballooning for the general public.
Ballooning 2000
Calendar
The first Y2K complaint
ballooning
calendar.
Courthouse
Fantasy balloon
by Joe Mussulman.