I'm a commercial hot air balloon pilot. It is perfectly normal for balloons to fly low. There is no steering in a balloon. All we do is go up or down to get into a wind current going the speed and direction we need to get where we want or to avoid where we don't want to go.
People always imagine that if we are flying low we are 'in trouble' but that is rarely to never the case. It is NORMAL to fly low close to obstacles. We can finely control our altitude up and down near things on the ground.
@ms4jah That's all well and good. Later that morning, the yellow balloon crash-landed on a rooftop in a nearby suburb - unless it meant to land on someone's roof. Henseforth it was indeed flying too low!
@balloonpilot5 Ok, so if I am required to explain the term "crash-landing" to a balloon pilot, that's a bit of a worry. "Crash Landing" refers to the emergency-landing of an air craft ie: air balloon in this instance.
I'm a commercial hot air balloon pilot. It is perfectly normal for balloons to fly low. There is no steering in a balloon. All we do is go up or down to get into a wind current going the speed and direction we need to get where we want or to avoid where we don't want to go.
People always imagine that if we are flying low we are 'in trouble' but that is rarely to never the case. It is NORMAL to fly low close to obstacles. We can finely control our altitude up and down near things on the ground.
ms4jah 3 months ago
@ms4jah That's all well and good. Later that morning, the yellow balloon crash-landed on a rooftop in a nearby suburb - unless it meant to land on someone's roof. Henseforth it was indeed flying too low!
Bimboesque 3 months ago
wow your stupid honestly i know what an emergency landing n such is u have to preform on in training honestly i doubt anything bad happend
balloonpilot5 8 months ago
ever balloon pilot knows how to fly there very far away from you and there not even moving very fast so pathetic
balloonpilot5 1 year ago
@balloonpilot5 the yellow balloon actually ended up crash landing on a roof top in north melbourne
Bimboesque 1 year ago
@Bimboesque what u mean by crashing
balloonpilot5 9 months ago
@balloonpilot5 Ok, so if I am required to explain the term "crash-landing" to a balloon pilot, that's a bit of a worry. "Crash Landing" refers to the emergency-landing of an air craft ie: air balloon in this instance.
Bimboesque 9 months ago
awsome i have been in melbourne for 2 yrs but i've never ever seen like this live i would love to see to see by the way nice videos thanx
same270 1 year ago
WONDERFUL
mytramplady 2 years ago
lol hmmmm beware the killer balloons of doom....... they fly over the city most mornings...... scarey hey??
citygoats 2 years ago
"Hi, I'm Helen Hunt" - Helen Hunt
osssm 2 years ago
OMG you are so lucky to be alive
fidacharbel 2 years ago