Show On 11 Flying Balloons a When the airplane arrived just after the turn of the century century century cen cen- tury the balloon which had been the hottest thing for aerial adventurers since the went into eclipse Even in 1965 there were only about 50 hot air balloons registered with the Federal Aviation Agency in the United States BUT SOMETHING has excited excited excited ex ex- cited the imagination of the public and balloons are now making a comeback Registrations Registrations Registrations have more than doubled in three years and balloon clubs are forming in various sections of the country The FAA inJune in inJune inJune June set new standards for balloon pilot licenses because of the sudden revival of interest and increasing applications Perhaps it was the most interesting interesting interesting in in- account of a flight over Africa some years back by bya a daring Englishman or the revival revival revival re re- vival of the sport in Europe in recent years which has stirred interest in the United States Whatever it is balloonists are firing up and silently drifting about in the skies in a number of states A GOOD balloon costs between between between be be- tween and is therefore therefore therefore there there- fore more comparable in price to an automobile than to an air air- plane Lift is provided by a gas-fired gas burner BTU for a balloon with cubic foot bag which heats the air in the bag and makes it rise One usually flies at dawn where there is little wind and if the wind is stronger than 12 miles per hour flight is not ad ad- It is a quiet sport with no noises aloft and a sport which takes advantage of natures nature's laws and allows one to move with the wind and observe life life below-life which is usually completely undisturbed because of the quiet movement of balloon balloon bal bal- loon through the air above |