September 5, 2018
I had last seen Rien Jurg in 1988, the year Australia had a 200th birthday party. And the Trans-Australia Bicentennial Ballooning Challenge captured the good and […]
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September 4, 2018
The very nature of ballooning, both hot air and gas, offers repeated opportunities to experience joy. One is lifted skywards standing in an open basket with […]
September 3, 2018
The official FAI Race invitation was sent all FAI countries. Our Australian Ballooning Federation returned the required forms for the nomination of TEAM AUSTRALIA 1 – […]
September 2, 2018
We are on countdown to GB launch day from a stunning city in Switzerland – Bern. My first gas balloon flight occurred in Switzerland in 1985 […]
September 1, 2018
Hot air ballooning (different from gas ballooning) has taken me to fly in many countries, world championships and rallies – United States of America, Japan, Canada, […]
May 4, 2018
The love of flying whether it be by hot air or gas balloon, ultralights, hang gliding, gliding or recreational aeroplanes is a passion that ties those […]
April 28, 2018
The phones were set for a 4.30am wake up call. Inflation of the balloon had been scheduled for 5am for a 6am launch. The hours passed […]
April 21, 2018
I suspect all of us have moments when our lives are touched by an extraordinary person. Two amazing people have touched my world this year. How […]
April 19, 2018
The lure of my flying in the prestigious Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race scheduled for late September 2018 would not leave me. So I gave in […]