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St_Ides posted:I highly recommend going for a balloon flight when you get a chance. Seconding this. I went for a balloon ride when I was vacationing in Napa valley. I initially chose it as "seems like it will be kind of interesting thing to do on vacation, why not" kind of thing, and it ended up being one of my favorite things on that trip. The balloon pilot was super knowledgable (he was a balloon racer, I didn't even know that existed), and the ride itself was awesome. Its obvious in retrospect, but since the balloon moves with the wind, there is no relative wind when you are in the basket so its very peaceful and serene (the views in wine country are amazing of course). The pilot landed in the same spot as we took off, which he said was a pretty rare "hole-in-one" landing, but nonetheless spoke to his experience navigating the various wind changes at different altitudes. I would highly recommend a balloon ride to anyone, especially pilots.
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Crossposting from the AIRPOWER thread, Delta beats Irma: https://twitter.com/i/moments/905487561182908416
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