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HAS ANYONE HAD A RIDE IN A HOT AIR BALLON ,,IF SO I WANNA KNOW WOTS IT ACTUALLY LIKE?
bets its amazing isnt it?   "
Uplifting. Really amazing.
Bumpy landing if yer not careful/lucky. |
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"HOT AIR BALLONS
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HAS ANYONE HAD A RIDE IN A HOT AIR BALLON ,,IF SO I WANNA KNOW WOTS IT ACTUALLY LIKE?
bets its amazing isnt it? "
yes its very exilerating , but much better if you ride in the basket cos you can see where your going  |
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Highly recommend it, it's a fantastic feeling. We went with a small-ish company local to us, so the basket wasn't too large and it only carried 8 of us, including the pilot.
Choose the company you go with wisely. Try to find people close by who can recommend who to go with - or who to steer clear of. Some pilots are better than others.
Ask whether you get a longer flight if you fly early morning or evenings, and if weekday flights are longer than weekend ones, and if the flights in the autumn are shorter than the ones in summer.
Check what the policy is for flights cancelled due to weather - it's more than possible you'll have to reschedule thanks to our weather... do they require you to reschedule within a certain period, or do they place any restrictions on when you'll fly next, etc...
Then, once you've chosen who to go with and when, just turn up, relax and enjoy the flight. |
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over a year ago
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My Dad, god rest his soul, was in the Parachute Regiment and he told us how scary it is to jump from a balloon as opposed to an aircraft.
He said, when jumping from an aircraft you are cushioned by the airstream so it is pretty comfy, but when you step out of a balloon, you plummett like a stone.
The only injury he ever got during his time in the para's was from a balloon jump. He landed hard, fell over and broke his nose  |
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By *ig badMan
over a year ago
Up North :-) |
"My Dad, god rest his soul, was in the Parachute Regiment and he told us how scary it is to jump from a balloon as opposed to an aircraft.
He said, when jumping from an aircraft you are cushioned by the airstream so it is pretty comfy, but when you step out of a balloon, you plummett like a stone.
The only injury he ever got during his time in the para's was from a balloon jump. He landed hard, fell over and broke his nose "
Your dad wasn't wrong you go strait down out of a balloon or a platform |
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By (user no longer on site)
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If you go for an early morning week day flight you can take a short flight for under a hundred pounds. It is a good present if you want one for your self or family. |
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