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Balloon Life,August 1999

August 1999
Volume 14, Number 8

Checklist

The Magazine For Hot Air Ballooning

Features

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Editor

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Preflight
NewsandInformation

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Logbook
Snowmass, Colorado

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Calendar

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Repair Station
Hot Weather Operations

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Balloon Life Marketplace
Products andServices for sale

38

Hangar Flying
withGeorge Denniston
Gully Landing

Cover Photo:
Balloonsfloatover
the Normandy
countryside.
Photo: Tom
Hamilton

SpecialReport: Checklists

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Making YourOwn Rules
The Federal AviationAdministrationdevelopsa program to helppilots
developtheir own Personal MinimumChecklists.

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Checklists forBallooning
Balloon Life presents ideas for creatingballooning checklists.

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Checkride-itis Realor Imagined?
Careful preparation bythe flight instructor in findingexaminers who
complementthe candidate, having mock examinations throughout your
training syllabus, andgetting readyfor this test far in advance canhelp
insure nocomplicationsarise.

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AroundtheWorldwithBreitling
An interview withBrian Jones about the successful circumnavigationof the
globe byhe andBertrand Piccardthis past March.

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AroundtheWorldinTwentyDays
An interview with Breitling meteorologist Pierre Eckert about how he and his
teamfound the weather tocomplete anaround-the-world balloonflight.

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StateofBallooning
Balloon Life’s review of ballooningin the U.S.:
18Colorado
20Vermont

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NineteenthChâteaude BalleroyInternational BalloonMeet
Forbes magazine bringstogether all the around-the-worldballoon pilotsfor
a memorable weekend at their chateauin the Normandyregion of France.