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MAGAZINE
04.2001
Tom Hamilton
Contributing Editors
Ron Behrmann, George Denniston,
Greg Livadas, Mike Rose,
Alan Sanderson, Peter Stekel
Columnists
Don Piccard, Stephen Blucher
Staff Photographer
Ron Behrmann
Jim Campbell
Rolla Hinkle
Walt Klis
Bob Romaneschi
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In this issue we present our sixteenth annual balloon buyer’s guide.
Whether you are looking for a “store bought” balloon orfancy tackling
at least some of the construction yourself, our survey offers the only
guide to new balloons offered in the U.S. Beginning on page 14 you will
find listing of current prices, product descriptions, and some historyfor
11 companies.
The Balloon Life guide is the most complete, independently pro-
duced listing of balloons and their manufacturers anywhere in the world.
Through the years our purpose with this guide has never changed,
namely to provide the prospective balloon buyerwith a unique opportu-
nity to compare the brands, makes, models, prices, options and philoso-
phies of every U.S. type-certificated balloon manufacturer at a single
glance.
