Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Hot air balloon

Skimming the skies by hot air. A lot of fun which could either be therapeutic or scary but quite some work is involved before we can get to the fun part.

Arrival on site. Wide open spaces is essential.

Testing your propulsion system, err just like turning on your kitchen stove to make sure its alight and there's fire to heat the air that will carry you up.

Lay out the huge balloon and blow air into it using a fan - or you could try huffing and puffing into it...

Once the balloon took shape, put the vent cover in place.

Make sure the vent cover is securely in place.

Check and double check and start the flame to heat up the air. Lighter hot air will rise...

See, its rising and starts to climb vertically up. All aboard, well two or maybe three thin persons.

And we are up...

... and away.

1 comment:

J.T. said...

I wonder what it would feel like being up there in that hot air balloon.
I am afraid of heights. Chances are I will never attempt.