When Dale Pattyn retired from the Air Force in 2008, he found a way to keep flying that required he relinquish much of the control he had as a military pilot: hot air ballooning. Now, he's traded in the sophisticated cockpit controls he once used a Special Operations pilot of Lockheed HC-130 aircrafts for a propane-burner, 90,000-cubic-foot nylon balloon named "Hyggelig." "Flying a balloon is all flying by the seat of your pants - you have to feel what the wind is doing," Pattyn said while preparing the 60-foot-tall, 700-pound system for the first event of the Labor Day Lift Off festival. Hyggelig was one of 65 balloons in a procession of launches that began just after 7 a.m. Read more on Colorado Springs Gazette
Preparation Is Key In Ballooning, But Once Aloft, It's Mostly Up To The Winds
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