[balloon-makers] Update

[K. Mark Caviezel]

Gang: 
All this discussion of garbage tote baskets gives me a
whole new pleasure in thinking of ballooning while
putting the weekly trash out here. 
I certainly don't advocate the radowski method, but if
you do need to go that route, be sure to obliterate
the municipal markings.   Back in the day (again,
certainly much longer ago than the statute of
limitations) I may have acquired a plastic milk crate
or two for books and the like.  I may have found that
a propane torch to heat up a metal tool to smear the
markings to oblivion worked great. 

btw, I recently purchased a Singer 114w double needle
machine.  I could easily be convinced to host a
balloon sew-up party if any home builders have
something completely cut out and need to get it
stitched together. 

- Mark Caviezel, Norman, Oklahoma 



--- Jon Radowski <private e-mail address> wrote:

> > Question, for those of you who do fly the
> > garbage-bin way, how did you go about acquiring
> your carriage?
> 
> Stealthily, after dark on a shadowy, quiet,
> tree-lined residential
> street, with a pickup truck after I got off of work
> delivering
> pizzas... Picked out the emptiest/newest-looking bin
> on the block and
> had an intense multiple bleaching/washing session
> the next day.
> 
> Drilled a few holes in it, swaged some cables, added
> a plywood floor
> insert and some U-bolts to secure the load cables
> from slipping...
> Voila! - Instant balloon basket.
> 
> I don't think they'll ever know what happened to
> their beloved
> recycling bin. I can't even remember which house it
> was. All I know is
> that it happened more than six years ago, which, by
> the statute of
> limitations, allows me to disclose the actions
> required to acquire my
> bin without risking prosecution :)
> 
> Needless to say, you should try to be extremely
> careful if exercising
> this avenue of acquisition.
> 
> 
> Soft Landings,
> Jon Radowski
> Pilot, Space Shuttle Patriot Hot Air Balloon
> Pilot/Constructor, "NAILED!"
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