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Ask Hyde about hot air balloons
and what I don't know, I'll make up.
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Re: Ask Hyde about hot air balloons
COSTELLO: Let me ask you something. What makes a balloon go up?
ABBOTT: Hot air. COSTELLO: What's holding you down? |
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Re: Ask Hyde about hot air balloons
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COSTELLO: Let me ask you something. What makes a balloon go up? ABBOTT: Hot air. COSTELLO: What's holding you down? [/ QUOTE ] 15 years ago I was flying in Maine in unfamiliar territory, I approach a field and ask the farmer "where am I?" He says " I've been waiting 30 years for this.....you're in a hot air balloon......" |
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Re: Ask Hyde about hot air balloons
Where do you buy hot air balloons? How much do they cost? Or do you just rent them from somewhere?
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Re: Ask Hyde about hot air balloons
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Where do you buy hot air balloons? How much do they cost? Or do you just rent them from somewhere? [/ QUOTE ] There are @10 manufacturers in the world. Three major ones. Aerostar is the most popular brand, but they have just this month decided to stop making balloon systems due to liability insurance costs. Balloons come in diffent sizes. A new private sized balloon that can carry 2-4 passengers costs $25,000 or so. A commercial balloon often carries 6 passengers and costs about $50-60,000. There are very large balloons, used primarily in the southwest with wide open spaces that carry up to 12 or 14 passengers. We derisively refer to them as cattle cars. Renting is not an option. |
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Re: Ask Hyde about hot air balloons
I had an uncle (divorces happen, heh) who used to sail and do other stuff. Hot air balloon trips too.
Ok. I'm curious. Say you've got a few people, a few older kids maybe. What's a good minimum age for kids to take the trip with their parents? And are there companies that book private tours for 5-6 people for a day, for instance? And price ranges? |
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Re: Ask Hyde about hot air balloons
Ever been to the balloon festival in Howell, Michigan?
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Ever been to the balloon festival in Howell, Michigan? [/ QUOTE ] no. I have done most of my flying in New England. Some Canada, Florida, Arizona, New York, Antigua and one trip to Albequerque for the 'big one'. |
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Cool. I was just wondering. It gets balloonists from all over the country. They hold it the weekend before the 4th of July and it draws tons of people. When they launch all the balloons on Sunday evening it is really something to see.
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Re: Ask Hyde about hot air balloons
Awesome. Thanks.
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