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I’m gonna miss it this weekend but it’s pretty rad to see them every am all week
Balloon fest this weekend!
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SLIM
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Looks cool from the ground, Have you been up in one ?
I could never ever ever get in one of those.
I could never ever ever get in one of those.
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I haven't... the heights etc wouldn't bother me so much as it's freezing balls out here when they do it, and it's even colder up there.. LOL
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I’ve been up in one of these over the Coachella valley. It was pretty cool, they take off early in the morning when the wind is calm. As to being cold up high in the ballon was a non issue because the flame thrower in top of the basket puts out tons of heat.
It’s a bucket list activity for sure
It’s a bucket list activity for sure
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hot air ballons......................DEATH TRAP!!!!!!
You dont land a hot air ballon, you hope you do not hit power lines with 80 gallons of propane on board and find smooth open ground if yore lucky.
You dont land a hot air ballon, you hope you do not hit power lines with 80 gallons of propane on board and find smooth open ground if yore lucky.
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SLIM
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I am always up for trying new things, Hot Air Balloons are not one of them
I will just watch from the ground.
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I heard this one time and will never forget it....
Not ALL while people die in hot air balloon accidents, but only WHITE people die in hot air balloon accidents.
Made me laugh pretty hard! For the record, I would like to go up in one someday.
Not ALL while people die in hot air balloon accidents, but only WHITE people die in hot air balloon accidents.
Made me laugh pretty hard! For the record, I would like to go up in one someday.
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What is your opinion on a R44 Helo ? Flew in one once with a very experienced pilot, and never again.
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Robinson's are entry level helos and NO I will not fly in one. Alot of people who are getting their hours in a piston or turbine helo rent/fly Robinson because of the cost per hour is reasonable compaired to EC & JR
If you ever have a chace to listen to air traffic radio at the Torrance airport, for the majority of the Robinson pilots, english is there 2nd, 3rd language.
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Lmao! My photographers and video guys prefer them to the big turbines! Weird I know but rotor wash is a thing I guess.
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I'm guessing they prefer them due to cost. This article does not surprise me, I could not believe how fragile the Helo felt.
Recent accidents return attention to Robinson in-flight break-ups
Three separate fatal accidents in the past six weeks have involved catastrophic in-flight break-ups of Robinson R44 helicopters — the latest in a series of similar crashes that have plagued the industry for decades.
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The take off and ride is probably very nice, but the lands are always sketchy..........
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My old house back east was on 13 acres, with most of it in tillage. It was a magnet for hot air balloons. There were high tension lines on a right of way on one edge of my property and they would be hanging on the burner to miss them. Usually they set down in the field, but a couple threaded the needle and set down in a narrow strip of the yard between the house and tree row separating the field. They would come knock on the door and ask permission to drive on the property with the recovery vans. Never had an issue, and the captain would always give us a bottle of champagne, which is apparently customary. We don't drink, so we accumulated quite a stack LOL.
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I'm guessing they prefer them due to cost. This article does not surprise me, I could not believe how fragile the Helo felt.
Recent accidents return attention to Robinson in-flight break-ups
Three separate fatal accidents in the past six weeks have involved catastrophic in-flight break-ups of Robinson R44 helicopters — the latest in a series of similar crashes that have plagued the industry for decades.
They don’t pay for it.. lol I do!
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