Balloon Fiesta
Oct. 3rd, 2007 12:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
billeylerThis Saturday morning starts the 9 days of festivities for the international balloon fiesta.
Interesting topic this year is that the city has done so much infill development in areas that were wide open just a few years ago, the balloonists have had SERIOUS issues about where they can and can't land. It's all up in the air (no pun intended), since you never know which way the winds will take you anyway. We've had them go over our house by the airport many times over the years, and you can just imagine how much the FAA would discourage balloons in the jet flight paths!
Interesting topic this year is that the city has done so much infill development in areas that were wide open just a few years ago, the balloonists have had SERIOUS issues about where they can and can't land. It's all up in the air (no pun intended), since you never know which way the winds will take you anyway. We've had them go over our house by the airport many times over the years, and you can just imagine how much the FAA would discourage balloons in the jet flight paths!
