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PHOTO GALLERY: Inflation pictures from our Hot Air Ballooning Friends
Do you use a VENTRY® Inflation Fan? If you have a photo or story to share, please send us an email! We owe big Thank Yous to our customers for sending us the following photos and allowing us to share them here.
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Our thanks go to Jeff Haliczer for sharing these inflation photos with us. The photographer is his student pilot Barb Muscutt and the balloon is Synchronicity. These photos were taken at the First Susanville, CA Diamonds Casino Balloon Festival in August 2011.
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(These three photos used with the permission of Jeff Haliczer) |
(Photo used with the permission of Doug Robertson) |
Above: Doug Robertson inflates his 77,000 cf balloon using his 24-inch Honda GX200 VENTRY Fan. Balloons make for the most beautiful photographic subjects, don’t they? |
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How do you get a hot air balloon and all the necessary equipment that goes with it -- including an inflation fan -- into a Volkswagen Beetle? Here is how balloon pilot Jonathan R. Trappe does it. Click any photo for larger view.
Big thanks to Jonathan R Trappe for sharing these great photos. Psssst....You may have seen Jonathan Trappe in the news, relating to the cluster balloon experiment in which a house was lifted UP, like in the movie!
(Photos used with permission of Jonathan R. Trappe.)
All that and room to spare for his lovely companion!
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South Dakota balloonist Gary Palmer flies this Cloudhopper and uses a 20-inch VENTRY Inflation Fan. Here is his setup.
(Photo used with the permission of Gary Palmer) |
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Oregon balloonist Bill Woodhead filled this 246,000 cf Noah's Ark Balloon using a 24GX200 VENTRY Fan. Here it is in the sky during its flight in Israel. More pictures of this amazing balloon (and its inflation) are on a separate page. (Click here).
(Photo used with the permission of Bill Woodhead) |
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(Photo used with the permission of Mike Bollea and Mark Sand)
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Above: 24-inch VENTRY Fan with Honda GX160 engine beginning to inflate Mark Sand’s 88,000 cfm balloon.
Thanks to Connecticut pilot Mark Sand and the late Mike Bollea for this picture, the one on the Inflation page, and the next three, as well as for their permission to share them here!
Below: Excellent illustration of how far away to set the VENTRY Inflator Fan. Note: Always run VENTRY Fans with legs fully extended to get the most air, preserve your propeller, and keep your crew and balloon safe. We also recommend setting the fan back 1.5 times the diameter of the throat (or height of a doorway, as the case may be). For instance, if the throat is 10 feet, set the fan back 15. You can experiment, as Mark has, to find the ideal positioning for your balloon. |
(Photo used with the permission of Mike Bollea and Mark Sand) |
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You can just barely see the VENTRY Fan in the lower right corner of this shot.
(Photo used with the permission of Mike Bollea and Mark Sand) |
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Looking from the inside out at Mark Sand’s 24GX160 during inflation.
(Photo used with the permission of Mike Bollea and Mark Sand) |
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