April 20, 2010
We took up one of the crew guys (Alan) and his friend Rose. Rose actually thought she was coming out to crew, but while the balloon was inflating I told her Alan was taking her up for her birthday. Her birthday isn’t until next week, but I didn’t want to pass a perfect day to fly.
We launched from Noblesville Elementary in very calm winds. We headed south along SR 37 at which time we dropped toy parachutes from 3800 feet. Both Alan and Rose watched the parachutes until they hit the ground about 30 minutes later.
The winds were so calm we began hovering over a neighborhood bringing out many folks to watch. We started to make an approach on a cul-de-sac and the winds shifted back and we went over a house and landed right in front of it in the street. Perfect landing with at least 50 there to watch and enjoy.
On the way back we picked up one of the toy parachutes, first time for that
Thanks to Bob, Scott and Will for crewing…And Alan and Rose you got to fly and crew.
