Kathy Thompson
Ohio (Cont'd)
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Kathy Thompson |
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had been a little wind just before I launched, so I had dropped a good
amount of ballast to make sure I would clear all obstacles. Now I was
climbing rapidly, quickly overtaking the hot-air balloon that had taken
off just slightly before me. |
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Down on the launch field, the other pilots were laying out their hot-air balloons and inflating them. The huge balloons shrank to tiny, colorful baubles as I continued to rise over the town. Still climbing, I drifted slowly to the southwest, out of Ashland and over the Ohio countryside, until I had floated up to almost 4,000 feet. |
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After
admiring the view from altitude for a while, I released a few balloons
to head back down to where I could take a closer look at the countryside. |
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 Timothy
Dutton |
A few of the hot-air balloons were in my area now, moving very slowly to the south.
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 Timothy Dutton |
