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Balloon Life,June 2000

June 2000
Volume 15, Number 6

Checklist

The Magazine For Hot Air Ballooning

Features

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Editor

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Preflight
NewsandInformation

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Calendar

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Repair Station
Creative Damage Prevention

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Balloon Life Marketplace
Products andServices for sale

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Logbook
Live Oak, Florida
Alvin, Texas

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Hangar Flying
withGeorge Denniston
The Governor’s Flight

Cover Photo:
Cattingaroundat
the Albuquerque
International
BalloonFiesta
Photo: Kathy Smith

Special Report: Experimental Flightto32,000feet

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32,000FeetinaHomebuilt
Phil Macnutt wanted to challenge himself andhishomebuilt balloon. Having
made other flight tohigh altitude, he wantedto go for a new personalrecord.
A flight of this magnitude requiresa great deal of planning and preparation.
Macnutt shares his experience of what it is like to fly and what he learned from
the experience.
21Flight Chronology
21Flight Data

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Biennial FlightReview
The Federal Aviation Administration’s Advisory Circular 61-98A provides a
guideline for developinga tailored review for biennial flight reviews.

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StateofBallooning
Balloon Life’s review of ballooningin the U.S.:
16Ohio
18Kansas

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EfficientFlightInstruction
Tips for improving your instructionaltechniques.

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BalloonsOverWaikato2000
In the landof 70 million sheep, twodozen balloonsfromaroundthe world
gathered tocontinue a great ballooning traditiondown under.