Our trip to Thailand for a very long awaited, originally planned for winter 94/95. My wife Karin had bought the maps and books full of two, who were outside. The balloon was custom made Colt ready and thunderstorms with a cart carrying heavy for use abroad. And then to failure. The delay means that we have lost relatively short window available for flying Thailand. E 'was rainy old England for most of the winter and a rethink of the plan for us. I hadJon Nunn asked to leave early for him in South Africa flying passenger balloons work.
Jon interest in Thailand comes from several commercial successes, which probably had more experience of flying balloons in sky Thailand. Thailand managed to broker, sell a balloon out of the first assembly line for a couple of men business, time, and wanted to learn to fly a flag to go to work this time andPoint the right direction.
Thus, after an outstanding summer passenger in England, was off in a Qantas jumbo snow Heathrow in December. We took a flight from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, a northern city, the guest of the Games in Southeast Asia, was (SEA Games), our first stop. Jon, return SAGA, was there for three days to make things easier.
Our guests were able to find a sponsor is a mobile phone company and we had a day earlier. Cityactivity was associated with games and is fun to be there singing. In general, flew across the stadium from the city in the morning and evening.
The stadium was about 10 km from the city center on the east side was, of course, the shadow of the night may fly over the stadium and went on nature has had the opportunity of tomorrow take the path of the slope and the West, it was not a good idea of howThere were about 50 kilometers of forest and national park before the next street.
It's always been relatively quiet and find places to land was not a problem. We were not even in the air in a gas balloon castle Carl Cameron in Europe and was brought to the ship America. Strangely, he does not believe that visit or call the airport is 8 km south of the stadium. This caused a certain amount of trouble as the love of Thailand and had no permission to fly complicated. Since we have allowedbeen met and received a certain amount of its CAA Flack. We have opened the way very well for his imprisonment was mentioned more than once!
The aircraft did a fantastic job, apparently does not shine in the air and images of a live television camera from the stadium. During the afternoon tied near the stadium and the aircraft still flying around heavily.
Thais are passionate about football and the Asian Cup was also held during the afternoon games.Our attacks coincided with all the home games of the team. Thailand through the ranks of tickets sold and started to get ugly at the gates. burned in the semifinals of the fans after tickets tents in protest and several thousand extra tried in the cause of an outbreak of police brutality.
We are tied high and lets us see the games and the staff performed public relations, tend to stay for a 'time because we had the best view of the house!
The first and last day ofgames we want in the same stadium, the first flight of Jon, with me aboard the last of me. What a fantastic feeling when you fall along the roof of the stadium and standing amid all the noise and then pile back into reality, funny, it is highly recommended!
The flights over the city were also commendable. The airport has had to remain under our 1000 "and if they are higher than we had to call on FM. It worked well and, of course, flyTemple of low level was fascinating. The old city of Chiang Mai is located within a square Canel and contains about 300 temples in its entirety. And "flying here every day. The river winds its way east Table of the old city and has been very helpful to major changes in direction. In general, most wind directions can be displayed and remain in the city for about an hour and then climb out and was pretty simple.
I must say that northern Thailand seems more fun-lovingtheir compatriots in the south. To do this, have let off fireworks and balloons balls to clothing fabric to keep burning. It is not uncommon to see 10 or more cross the red light the night sky when you drink a beer. Were very high and I want a little "3000". Drain on some occasions, when the fabric of the inhabitants of balls landing in our honor. They also fly with large chain explosions of fireworks away underneath. All things good to see the aircraft. LastThe night was the start of the Games for more than 1,000 of these balloons in about 10 minutes around the stadium and was a quiet night, was the most beautiful comics I've ever seen.
Moreover, it was all over, is eight hours south to Bangkok by road. Without me, we arrive at the office of President of reports and are looking for a job!
The Deputy Prime Minister Shinawatra said that the next ThakasinOffice in early 1995 to mid January 1996 (or 2539, because it is there), solve traffic problems in Bangkok. It's been pouring millions of baht of his own money in what is basically an impossible task. He made all sorts of tricks for people who are trying to remedy is displayed.
We asked him to fly to Bangkok to observe the transit from the air, this being in his words, a cost effective solution. The permissions have been obvioussought. We called for our first meeting with the ECA on Christmas day, 10 hours, apparently, each one looks like fun I was missing my Christmas. On arrival he found that they really do not want in what has been a military and not, should not see everything. The Palace of the King is about to fly a not as it should never be more than your head! However, the application of civil rights and the prime minister had put great pressure onwhich sold, and how (the image has always been that this is a warning) we can speak of balloons and blimps in Chiang Mai. It was discovered that carry out the winning hand, but she really say that I do not like initially. E 'was only requirement is that I do not fly higher than 500. "Well, what! A pleasure. Helicopter Real Flight 800 ', so be it. I left on Christmas day with a piece of paper that he ordered me not want500 AGL, where I! After a trip to the Tower in Bangkok, so they know what was going on and take an air table. They already knew all about us and I would not be a graphic in the air: the military intelligence and everything else. If I had known that England have taken before leaving!
It happened that I was doing balloon traffic reports over the city of Bangkok with the Deputy Prime Minister on board, and a film crew and five TV crewsFollowing through traffic. We want two days with four flights. The same flight was very exciting to the point that it is not quick to do it again. The tallest building is forever in 1000 and flew a group of them, of course, stopped all traffic as already mentioned. For those who have published at Siam Square and flying in general in the convention center Siriket queen and after knowing the flow. The 500 'level, a real painAfternoons as OAT was 37 ° C heat appear throughout the site that may or may not really fly much higher earlier this wine and if it is good, but maybe wrong altimeter!
So after all the fun and games went to three people on the train all of our agents and the two businessmen. To begin with we went to the province of Rayong is known in the southeast of Bangkok for its resort of Pattaya. The boys, for some reasonin which you want to train there. Unfortunately it proved too coastal and the sea breeze at night and demolished the morning air. Our only allowed for a square of 25 km, so that he could not go further inland.
No problem, because one of the children had relatives with a farm near Kanchanaburi, home of the Bridge on the River Kwai, west of the country. E 'was here that most of the training was completed. "It was an ideal area for balloons, generally flat, with500-600 feet sometimes appear as islands. The fields are mainly sugar cane around three quarters and the rest are the rice fields. Everything went well and after three return flights to Bangkok for work, where the boys ready. She travels to England to get their PPL soon.
Another surprise was imminent. See the fly to the stadium in Chiang Mai was so good that he was asked to another with a flying kick start the football league has been Thailand. Noa big problem, but the stadium is 500 meters from the sea, with houses in. Luck was on our side again and after two days of strong monsoon winds on the day in question, was calm. We inflated behind a five-story building that was near the stadium and beat the wind. The signal was for us to begin a series of fireworks the ninth being our go. Because we can not practice by the wind, we ensure that the bands and had been able to fly,left, and we had a clear phase. They know what is going next.1-2-3-4-5 to 6-7-8 and 9, we get to see behind the building that was all still there, including our officers have all the wine up with the ball and handed it to the President of Yamaha and the ball ends quickly! I never wanted to fly out of it!
So it's short, I have not touched the stuff is really annoying that the character is to add things later. I'll showall these pieces of you.
If you are interested in going there, then contact the man, in fact, the man the head of the Balloon Club of Thailand brand new: -
Yutaka WANICHANOND
125/135 CHANGWATANA ROAD
PAKRET
Nontaburi
11120
THAILAND
Fax 584 0042
To update the story in June 2004, Deputy Prime Minister and the Prime Minister was willing to buy part of Liverpool Football Clubin the UK. Since then flew to Australia, Kenya and now I'm back in South Africa with his business trips. [HTTP: / / www.airborneadventuresafrica.com]
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