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| Starting to inflate |
Duncan decided that he did not need to join me on the flight, but he was lucky enough to be able to join Leon on the pursuit vehicle. To start with the balloon was filled with cold air and then they turned the burners on and the balloon started to right itself. We all climbed on board - I was starting to worry that the truck was going to lift as well.
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| This was the greatest feeling when we hovered just a few feet off the ground! |
And then we gradually moved with the air currents over the airport and away into the country. We had to go higher than usual which meant we were up in the air for about an hour and a half rather than the usual 45mins! Donna didn't want to land on any crops but we just could not manoeuvre to a landing place so she had to put it down on a track - very high precision.
After landing on the track, Donna turned the burners on just enough to let the balloon be positioned on the trailer. I think Duncan was supposed to be helping now - but he was under such strict instructions to take the photos I think he took the correct option!
With the vents now open the balloon started to deflate and we all rallied around to help pack it up and head on back to Northam with Up Up and Away and 99 Red Balloons playing loudly on the stereo.
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