Monthly Archives: September 2005

Flying over the valley

Posted on September 26, 2005 by Falcon124

There were a couple of spare spaces on Rob’s flight in the Yarra Valley this morning so, seeing as we weren’t flying in Melbourne (nasty weather), I took Nykolai with me for a flight It was great except that Nykolai … Continue reading →

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Learning to sew…

Posted on September 24, 2005 by Falcon124

Spent some time on Saturday with Darren from TroubleChute Rigging learning how to make repairs to parachute/balloon material. Basically, it involves using an industrial strength sewing machine, strong materials, lots of measuring/marking/cutting and some funky ways of folding bits of … Continue reading →

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Wouldn’t you like to fly…

Posted on September 16, 2005 by Falcon124

One of the benefits of working with Balloon Sunrise is that occasionally you get a chance to go up and fly over Melbourne in a balloon. If there’s a spare place on board, we try to get a crew member … Continue reading →

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