2. Airplanes

1984-1995 Balloonatic Days

A gallery of fun shots from my first days in ballooning in 1984 until I left Dallas in 1995 and the fun stopped. (Well, that kind of fun, anyway.) I still miss the smell of propane and the tang of a chilled glass of champagne in the morning. Ah, those were the days!
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    SOFT LANDINGS, WILLIAM They're now officially off and running, but it wasn't windy at all that morning. You can always tell a calm day by how many takeoff shots you get -- the higher the wind speed the fewer the shots.
    AND A SOFT LANDING IT WAS Nice of somebody to have all this cushioning grass for a landing site.
    THE FLIGHT OF THE TWO DOUGS This flight started off okay, but soon misadventure was in the air -- and in the water! The other Doug (Doug Two) is Doug Mallon, one of my co-workers at Super Tex.