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Hot-air balloon pilots thrill residents, despite winds

Balloon pilot Mike Hernandez got a not-so-uncommon introduction to Amarillo with a brisk 38 mile per hour wind gust. “We landed up near Pantex in a huge field, skipped in at 18 mph and that was my introduction into Amarillo,” he said, “but every flight since that have been nice soft landings.” Hernandez is a pilot for Happy State Bank and one of the many balloonists participating in the seventh annual Family Care Foundation’s Up in the Air For Family Care mass balloon ascension. Syncronex: Metered read more

 

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