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Balloon Life,November 1999

November 1999
Volume 14, Number 11

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
Houston, Texas
Montrose, Colorado

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Hangar Flying
withGeorge Denniston
Seeing Purple

Cover Photo:
Frogs flyat the
1999 Kodak
Albuquerque
International
BalloonFiesta
Photo: Cindy
Petrehn

Special Report: Kodak Albuquerque International
Balloon Fiesta

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28th KodakAlbuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
FallscolorsinNew Mexico include yellow Aspensandmulticolored hotair
balloons.
23Top 30pilots
23FiestaFacts

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BalloonSense-BalloonOwner Responsibilities
First in a series on fundamental information that a balloon owner should know,
adapted from the FAA’sPlane Sense.

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StateofBallooning
Balloon Life’s review of ballooningin the U.S.:
12Florida
14Tennessee

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BallooningItalianStyle
Todi, Italy islocatedin the heart of the ItalianHill Country. Hilltoptowns
dot the steepcountryside where traditions have beencarried on for
thousands of years. Italy’s largest balloonevent is more of a laid back
balloon vacation, leavingplentyof time tovisita countryrichinancient
history.

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TheIce Pawofthe Arctic
To participate in extreme ballooningone does not have tobungee jump from
an aerostatseveral thousand feet inthe air. Rather held off to the far points of
the compass withIvanTrifonovof Austria. For several year’s Ivanhas lead a
balloon expedition to the North Pole. If you have the time, money, and patience
thisjustmight be the “real” adventure youhave beenlookingfor.

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AncientChina
A painting byartist and balloonist Joe Mussulman