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Balloon Life,July 1999

July1999
Volume 14, Number 7

Checklist

The Magazine For Hot Air Ballooning

Features

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Editor

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Preflight
NewsandInformation

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Logbook
Alpine, Texas

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Calendar

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Balloon Life Marketplace
Products andServices for sale

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Hangar Flying
withGeorge Denniston
The Great Air Fishing Derby

Cover Photo:
Matt Anderson dips
intothe Waikato
River in Hamilton,
New Zealand.
Photo: Tom
Hamilton

Click to enlarge

Special Report: PurgingPropane Tanks

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ShippingTanks

Need to shipyour balloon propane tanks somewhere? This requires emptying
the tanks andpurgingthem. Aviation rules,bothU.S. andInternational
hazardous materials rules, require it. John Terry, Aerostatic Engineering, San
Jose, California, investigates what it takes to purge a tank of propane vapor to
acceptable standards, how you can do it yourselfin a remote location, and other
considerationsfor shipping propane tanks.
25What you need

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GodfreyL.CabotAward
Ed Yost ishonoredby the oldestAero Clubin the UnitedStates, Aero Club
of New England, for his distinguishedaccomplishments in aeronautics. After
the presentationEd recallssome of his earlyballooning experiences.

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

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BalloonsOverWaikato
Hamilton, New Zealand, insteadof hosting its tenthannual Balloon Fiesta,
starts freshwith a new ballooneventcreated byballoonists and the
community.

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AncientEgypt
Do heiroglyphs indicate thatancient Egypt knew about ballooning? A
paintingby artist andballoonistJoe Mussulman.

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BalloonsAcross Portugal
For eightdays 27balloon teams traveledthe length of Portugal exploring
the country byballoon.