My first article about flying hot air balloons was published back in September last year (2013). It appeared in Volume 35, Issue 3 of Aeronotes, the official journal of the Australian Ballooning Federation.

Nice & peaceful here but the landing was quite an adventure (winds picked up in the last 10-15 minutes of the flight :) )
Since the article was written, I’ve managed to get from 13 hours to 22 and have had a couple of flights where I was the only balloon in the sky. No doubt I’ll be covering those adventures in a future story or two, but for now, check out “Getting to 20” by clicking the link below.