Billy is a great crew member, but he's a busy guy! It's tough to find him in town when the weather is favorable for a flight. Last week, he helped crew for my flight with Patty. After the flight, he mentioned he was around this weekend, too. I told him my truck would be out of town with Jill this weekend to which he replied, "I have a hitch."
If Billy wants to crew and the weather's good, I'm game to fly!
Billy recruited a passenger, his brother Ryan, and we met at the Y (where the balloon was) bright and early this morning. I had hoped to fly in West Little Rock, but the winds just weren't right to fly there, so we set out for Vilonia. I hadn't flown there since the small town north of Little Rock was hit by a tornado last spring.
We launched from a school west of town and flew east, landing on the east edge of town. From the air we could see quite a bit of storm damage, especially some of the tornado's track through wooded areas.
The flight was almost perfect. The only problem was that I needed to fly high through most of the flight to get where I wanted to. I like to get down on the treetops a sometimes, but the winds just didn't allow that. It was nice to have some good "steerability," and it was really calm on the surface, making for a very gentle landing!
Thanks to Billy and Ryan for making it a great morning!
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