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BalloonLife,May 1999

May1999
Volume 14, Number 5

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
Los Lunas, New Mexico

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Hangar Flying
withGeorge Denniston
Montgolfiere Roulette

Cover Photo:
JohnNinomiya
prepares to testthe
waters of Bare Hill
Pondin Harvard,
Massachusetts.
Photo: Jim Ellis

Special Report: Wind

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FlyingWith The Wind
Wherewindcomes from,airflow aroundobstacles,andshears.

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CritiquingYourself
Every single time you standina balloon, teach yourself something. Improve
on something thatyou already dowell.

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BlessingoftheBalloons
Every springinthe Napa Valley there is a blessing of the balloons to help
assure a safe and successful flying season. Walter Pierre reports onthis
year’sevent.

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StateofBallooning
Balloon Life’s review of ballooningin the U.S.:
18Arizona
21West Virginia

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TheMakingofaPin
JonathanAbdalla goesbehind the scene toreport onhow those beautiful
cloisonné pins that balloonistslove are produced.

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Reviews
The Joy of Ballooning
A new coffee table book onballooning for the general public.
Ballooning 2000Calendar
The first Y2K complaintballooningcalendar.

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TucsonCourthouse
Fantasy balloonby Joe Mussulman.