Well…let's hope this summer is going to be as good as the long range forecasts suggest :0) Certainly we have been enjoying some fine weather and I am pleased to say we have flown many of our passengers – many of whom have taken to the skies on their first attempts! We always ensure the weather conditions are safe for flying before we take to the skies and this leads to enjoyable balloon flights :0)
It is always good to see the reactions on the faces of the people we fly when we take to the skies and the effect the whole balloon flying experience has on our passengers.
It truly is a fine thing to fly in a hot air balloon and float on the breeze – to have the time and freedom to look around without the encapsulation and noise that happens with other types of aircraft flying is really good for the soul. I had the pleasure to fly some fixed wing aircraft pilots among my passengers last night and to be able to fly without constant engine drone was something they really preferred about flying in the hot air balloon.
We saw wild deer, birds of prey, the beautiful hills of the cotswolds, the brimingham skyline, the malvern hills and views well into Worcestershire Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire during our balloon flight – the visibility was truly outstanding!
We launched from Walton hall – a fantastic and historic setting – which was an excellent place to begin our balloon ride and indeed to return to afterwards where we celebrated the occasion with some chilled champagne!
No two balloon flights are the same and it was with pride ad pleasure that I flew one of our passengers for the second time the other day. He enjoyed the experience so much after flying with his son last season that he returned to fly with his wife earlier this month :0) The flight was exhilarating and we flew in a completely opposite direction to that which we flew in during his previous High Road Balloons flight – both flights were superb :0)
Here's hoping for more glorious weather so we can all have a great summer!
Russell
Chief Pilot – High Road Balloons
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