What a nice, reasoned discussion about a "different" form of GA!
Commercial operations aside, you have to remember that balloon flight is generally devoid of any purpose whatsoever except the pure enjoyment of being airborne. Yes, of course there is a considerable skill involved in doing it safely, but one of the major attractions is that it is very much a team effort and almost as much fun for the retrieve as for the passengers! (I did say *almost*).
RTFM , do you think we should ask Helen to have a Club evening for non PPL(B) holders, perhaps during the early summer? This would be an excellent way of allowing pilots in other forms of GA to see what it's all about - it's what got
me from gliders into, or rather under, nylon!
We do have an Oakley meet with the micro-light club there, so that's another possibility.
Off to Northern Thailand next week to rejoin my G-BXLP for another hedonistic holiday. At least no-one out there seems to know about Rule 5....not that the rice fields could be considered a congested area anyway
