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 Denise giving us an idea of scale.
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 Crown line director John. |
 Crown line director John is very happy with the mornings inflation.
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 In this balloon, Lisa Crites and crew chick JoEllen |
 and in this balloon, Ed Lappies the 'Monkey Business' balloon man. |
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 Please stop for the shuttle. |
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 Balloonmeister Crites. |
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 I wonder if the Sears catalog is looking for a couple of models??? |
 This next series of photos illustrates the 'ideal' way to put Patriot back in the bag. |
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 That's how its done! |
 Tim, talking to Alan Greenspan.
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 From left to right: Dar, Jon R., Ryan, Frank, Barry, Teri & John L. |
 Great shot of Captain Jon... |
 Notice how the demeanor of Captain Jon has changed in mere seconds. |
 This year's fingernails!!
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 Caption Captain Barry... |
This mornings flight was
beautiful and again we broke our record time in packing up. It did help for
both balloons to land in the same field at Bates College and for us to get
off of the field early. Regardless, both balloons were packed up and ready
to get loaded into the trailer by 8:00 AM!!!
I blame the fantastic crew that we are provided with here at the festival. |
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| Friday Morning | ||
 Can't we do this ballooning thing just a little later in the day? Just wondering...
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 Ray Fournier's balloon taking off on a wonderfully calm morning.
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 All unfurled and almost ready to fly. |
 Dar's first flight in America One, not just as a passenger but he got some stick time too. |
 Me, Teri with my new hair. Dar took this shot and the next shots from America One.
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 The top of Patriot's fuselage. |
 I love this shot. |
 Ok, I got the camera back from Dar, and am ready for take off... |
 Barry's second flight of the day. |
 Leaving the field. Now we just need to find a place to land these monsters! |
 I didn't get the splash and dash photos from the bridge... I repent and hope this one will do for now. |
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 Ninth and Cook Street. |
 A beautiful landing.
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 The fastest deflation of Patriot yet! |
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One of our faithful crew members and his sister. |
 Dar and John posing... |
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