[Balloon-makers] XLTA Amherst

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Mike and Tammie,
Business required I stay in the mountains of West Virginia where I longingly 
watched weather maps of the Amherst area, contemplating all that I missed. 
Clear fuel lines, a blimp, 4 flights, good weather, new balloons,world 
travelers, and hints of turbine powered inflator fans.............I sure 
missed it.
Fly safe,
Curtis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike & Tammie" <skyfun at ncia.net>
To: "Balloonmakers" <balloon-makers at taleos.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Balloon-makers] XLTA Amherst


>I would like to thank Dan for doing a wonderful job hosting XLTA5. The
> hospitality was warm and friendly, the food was good and plentiful, and 
> the
> weather finally cooperated.
> We flew three flights and left for  home while the others were heading for
> the launch field Sunday morning.
> On the way down Friday, we stopped by to meet with the friendly folks at
> Boston MIDO, and got airworthiness certificates for the two balloons we 
> just
> finished building.
>
> Only thing that would have made it better was if Keith, Curtis, and Jim
> could have made it... but I expect they will all be there next year.
>
> Thanks again for a great weekend.
> Mike & Tammie Lavoie
> Ps. Thanks for the photo slide show Noah.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dan Nachbar" <dan at nachbar.com>
> To: "Balloonmakers" <balloon-makers at taleos.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 8:41 PM
> Subject: [Balloon-makers] XLTA Amherst
>
>
>> As I am the only person who doesn't have to travel
>> home from this event, I'll send a short overview of
>> the weekend and leave it to others to fill in the details
>> after they get a chance to catch their breath.
>>
>> In brief - Folks got to do a fair bit of flying for a change.
>> (Over the previous 3 years, we had 3 flights out of a possible 12
>> opportunities.)
>> 25+ aircraft, about half hoppers, half experimental balloons
>> and one airship -- not mine, but a Colt AS-42 flown by Jon Radowski.
>> This year people took good advantage of all four flights opportunities.
>> I lost track of how many hundreds of gallons of propane we pumped
>> over the course of the three days.
>>
>> Given all the flying, there was less energy for more formal technical
>> workshops and such.  But there was still a great deal of informal
>> show-and-tell and a whole lot of conversation.
>>
>> We had attendees from the UK and Canada as well as from US states as far
>> away as Missouri, Wisconsin, Louisiana, and Washington.  Unfortunately
>> several regular attendees were kept away by ill fortune of various
>> kinds.
>> Hopefully they will all be back next year.
>>
>> For myself, it was particularly gratifying that we had five pilots
>> under the age of 30 this year.
>>
>> Dan Nachbar
>>
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