We didn’t fly again today. We were getting ready to stand the balloon/envelope up this morning and when he checked the pressure in his propane tanks they were right on the edge of the safety margin. The air temp when I left the coach was 53 degrees. This should have been warm enough for him to have over 50 lbs of pressure but was at 48-50 lbs. He said any place else he would have flown but with all the balloons in the sky here he wanted more pressure so he was sure he would have heat if he needed it. With the current propane pressure the balloon would react slowly.
Jean took these pictures:
On the way back from the launch field I stopped to help a balloon land. It turned out to be a balloon from Kenya we had seen on the news the other night. I recognized his voice/accent so I asked him if he had been on the news this week, he said yes. Really nice guy this is his first Fiesta and seemed pleased with all the help he gets.
When I got back to the coach Jean showed me the pictures she had taken this morning and saw this picture of the balloon I had just helped land.
The red line is pointing at me as I was standing holding down the balloon talking to the pilot ( I’m really good at providing weight to hold down a balloon).