Balloon Life,December 1999

December 1999
Volume 14, Number 12

Checklist

The Magazine For Hot Air Ballooning

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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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Freeflight
Don Piccard

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Hangar Flying
withGeorge Denniston
What If....?

Cover Photo:
Duane Waack over
Mt. Rushmore July
4, 1991.
Photo: Duane
Waach

Features

Special Report: RE/MAX CupGas Balloon Race

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ChasingtheRE/MAX Cup
Think you have a tough time chasing a hot air balloon? David and Alan Levin’s
chase team logged4,500miles traveling to the wilds of Canada and backon
their retrieval.

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FlighttoaHostile Playground
Prior to the RE/MAX CuponlyJoe Kittinger had flown a greater distance in
the size category balloonthanLesleyPritchardandCarolRymer Davis did
in1995. Bothwould exceed that mark. LesleyPritchardtells how she beat
that record andfinish onlyseventh.

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ElectrifyandTerrify
Stan Wereschuk of Canada relates two memorable gas flights from this year’s
GordonBennett and RE/MAX Cup.

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RE/MAX CupResults
A complete listingof how the gas teamsfinished.

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Flying...IsItWorth StayingHealthyFor?
Deadlykillers, weightmanagement, foodintake, and proper nutrition—how
you cantake controlof these threatstoyour enjoyment of flying.

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Balloominarias
Centuries-oldtradition of candles setinside paper bagsfilled withsandat
Christmastime is joinedby the biggest luminarias of all.

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StateofBallooning
Balloon Life’s review of ballooningin the U.S.:
26Georgia
28South Dakota