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[photos] Ballooning through the Nebraska skies
I still don’t have access to the photos taken in-flight from inside the basket, but here are some nice ones from fellow passenger Doris Abraham, as well as ground crew members Dani Martin and Tracy Rotundo. Man, that was a lot of fun.
The Emerald City Express’ envelope being laid out, by Doris Abraham
Me, as the Emerald City Express is being set up, by Tracy Rotundo
Flame on!, by Tracy Rotundo
Emerald City Express moments from launch, by Dani Martin
View from one of the chase vehicles, by Dani Martin
Emerald City Express being buzzed by some idiot in a powered paraglider, who was seriously violating flight safety rules, by Tracy Rotundo
Emerald City Express rising from the corn, by Dani Martin
Emerald City Express over a cornfield, by Tracy Rotundo
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Walking the balloon to the best takedown point, by Tracy Rotundo
Me and Doris, post-flight, by Dani Martin
The sunset sky as the balloon was being broken down, by Dani Martin
Photos © 2012 Doris Abraham, Dani Martin and Tracy Rotundo. All rights reserved, used here with permission.
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That is soo awesome! We just had a balloon festival here in OH, so cool to see them up close. Unfortunately I’m afraid of heights so no flight for me:) Glad you could do that!
I am trying to connect with Tracy or Matthew Rotundo. They landed this balloon in our field a couple of years ago. We would like to talk to them about possibly tethering balloon(s) in our fields on the Elkhorn River (just north of Elk City) for a Rotary benefit that we are hosting on October 28th. Please forward my email to them. Thanks
I will be happy to help. The balloon actually belongs to pilot Michael Jones. His Web site for the balloon is http://www.emeraldcityexpress.com. There is contact info on the site. I happen to know he is out of town on vacation this week.
If he doesn’t respond promptly, email me at jlake@jlake.com.
Lori
I’m not keen on heights either but somehow being in a balloon basket isn’t the same as being at the top of a skyscraper.
And Jay, I continue to hope that you and your daughter will someday do the balloon ascent at dawn over Luxor…