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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    POWER PLANT Whenever we fly this route, I always have to take a photo of the power plant. I don't know why.
    CROSSING INTERSTATE 30 We're crossing over Interstate 30 now with Dalrock Park in the near distance. It's about Rush Hour right now, so lots of people got to see the show.
    COMING DOWN Dave decided to perform a little Splash-'n-Dash to amuse Doug Two and the guy in the boat, so we're headed down to the water. What Dave didn't plan on was a faulty fuel gauge on the only propane tank in operation. We found the hard way it takes exactly one tank of propane to get from where we took off to right here. At this point, I'm furiously changing propane tanks, but it was too little too late. Hang on! Here we go!!!