[Balloon-makers] XLTA - Seattle recap

[cpack]

Greg,
Looking forward to the photos and story. It really grew in its second year =
! I hope all had fun and everyone finally dried out. Splashing and dashing =
seems to be a recurrent theme in these XLTA gatherings ( remember Noahs' lo=
st sock this year). I wish I could have been there.
Fly safe,
Curtis =

  ----- Original Message ----- =

  From: Greg Winker =

  To: balloon-makers at taleos.com ; steve.roake at ntlworld.com =

  Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 11:19 AM
  Subject: [Balloon-makers] XLTA - Seattle recap


  Here is a summary of the weekend.  =


  18 Crew
  8 Pilots
  5 Balloons (including 3 hoppers)
  3 Flights (including my first flight in my Lindstrand hopper)
  2 Tethers
  1 Seminar on homebuilding
  1 Blue Angels performance
  1 Very wet pilot after a splash 'n dash in the Green River

  The weather was a mixed bag, definitely less than it could have been.  We=
 did manage to fly Saturday morning, but the ceiling was too low to fly leg=
ally Sunday.  Instead we tethered.  I think everyone who lived within a mil=
e got a ride in the hoppers.

  We're go for hosting XLTA-Seattle 3 next year - August 1-3, 2008.

  I'll be preparing amore detailed article for the Cloudhopper newsletter, =
complete with photographs.

  Good Floating!

  Greg


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