Dirty Ballooning
4 squeaky clean pilots went up in the same basket. Two men, and two women. Nobody here was married, but they were all pilots. Each offered advice on the "best" way to fly today.
Early in 1969
Early in 1969, one of my first contracts was with CVS stores, owned by Melville Shoe Corporation. I would fly from the local CVS store and would throw out ping pong balls numbered with discounts as I took off.
S-40's
We were flying S-40's (very small balloons)back in the late 60's. The tops were shrinking and we couldn't understand why. The solution was,
Early FAA Balloon Pilots Licenses
After Raven developed the first modern hot air balloon in 1960 – 1961, there was no pilots license requirements by the FAA.
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