What a beautiful morning to fly with the Balloons!
There was absolutely no breeze at Vance Brand airport this morning. The sky was clear and I could see one lone balloon at altitude off to the south. After launching I noticed there were 3 others at low altitude east of the Boulder Reservoir. I climbed to 500 feet and went to meet them. There was a 10 mph breeze from the north and the Falcon picked up to 40+mph. Smooth air all the way.
I did encounter a small fixed wing GA at the same altitude who was heading right at me. He turned away 1000 yards off my nose. It could have been that he did not see me until I started to bank away giving the wing more visible surface area.
The return was slow and it started to get bumpy when I dropped altitude to get out of the head wind so I climbed back up opting for the smoother air. I cant really call it a cross country because I was only up about 40 minutes but it was 14 miles ... 7 out and 7 back.
This weekend is the Fly In at Bubba's. Have a great time guys ... I cannot make it this year.
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