Balloon 'driver'?
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Balloon 'driver'?
I just heard something on the radio that the title of the person who flies a balloon is 'balloon driver', not 'balloon pilot' (as I had always thought, since it is a flying machine they are in charge of). Can any balloonist confirm (or deny) this?
(If true it will shorty be appearing as a question in a quiz near me).
(If true it will shorty be appearing as a question in a quiz near me).
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I heard the item too, it surprised me too - balloon driver? No, sounds wrong to me... The "pilot" sounded English but it was in Southern Africa somewhere.
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I just heard something on the radio that the title of the person who flies a balloon is 'balloon driver', not 'balloon pilot' (as I had always thought, since it is a flying machine they are in charge of). Can any balloonist confirm (or deny) this?
(If true it will shorty be appearing as a question in a quiz near me).
(If true it will shorty be appearing as a question in a quiz near me).
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Not too long ago my wife, who has a life-long interest in all things aeronautical, watched two gold-braid bedecked gentlemen, hunched over from the weight of their wallets, walking round some huge airliner. "Ooh look", she said, "It's the driver and conductor". I have to say that her perception is usually pretty accurate!!!
