Another Balloon accident?
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Another Balloon accident?
Just watching CBC Newsworld at 0500Z on 25th ..they are reporting a balloon crash in BC?
Say, what's that mountain goat doing up here in the mist?
Happiness is V1 at Thompson!
Ass, Licence, Job. In that order.
Happiness is V1 at Thompson!
Ass, Licence, Job. In that order.
All I can say if yikes, wishing the best for everyone involved.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columb ... crash.html
Also why are trailer parks a magnet for tragic events, first it was tornados and now even the hot air balloons are picking on them.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columb ... crash.html
Also why are trailer parks a magnet for tragic events, first it was tornados and now even the hot air balloons are picking on them.
I refuse to go bungee jumping... I came into this world because of a broken rubber, I'm not leaving because of one
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http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/ ... crash.affl
Horrendous scene. I hope to hell everyone had gotten out by this point.
Horrendous scene. I hope to hell everyone had gotten out by this point.
SURREY, B.C. (CP) - Police confirm two people are dead after a hot air balloon caught fire and crashed to the ground, injuring 11 others.
RCMP Sgt. Roger Morrow told a television station Saturday the pair were the two missing after the crash last evening. It's not clear whether they were in the balloon or on the ground when the flaming remains of the balloon's basket plunged to Earth at an RV park.
The passengers suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries and were transported to various hospitals in the Vancouver area.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/ ... index.html
Not a good scene at all! Prayers go out to all those invovled.
Not a good scene at all! Prayers go out to all those invovled.
Putting money into aviation is like wiping before you poop....it just don't make sense!
I was sitting at adrian's resturant on Friday night (at Langley Airport), which is right beside the gathering area for Fantasy Balloon Charters. I watched them all meet at the airport, get their briefing, launch their wind test balloon, and hop into the van which would take them too their launch site. I was scheduled to go flying with a student about 30 minutes later and all i could see south was a plume of smoke. I immediatly called tower and asked if their was restricted airspace south of the airport, and they sounded pretty upset and said their was "possible loss of life". It was an eery feeling.
GF.
