It's always fun to see the experienced pilots skimming the surface of the water. If they get too hot, they can let the basket sink a bit and start to fill with water. It can be dangerous if you get too much water inside, because it takes a lot of heat to create enough lift to raise the extra water weight, but if you use too much heat too fast, you can melt the top of your balloon!
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Great! +Jeff Sullivan
Awesome!
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Wonderful +Jeff Sullivan! Love the angle and perspective.
one recently was on the news for crashing when trying this :D
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Wonderful image +Jeff Sullivan.
a dangerous thing to do, letting the basket fill with water, especially as a lot of pilots tend to put false floors in them (solid) Its takes so much heat to lift the balloon out, there's a danger of burning the top out of the balloon. but I have to say that having a dip is a lot of fun if you get it right
oh and I should add, one year in Lorraine, myself and another occupant were accused of p'ing in the basket by some french people when we landed in a stubble field. they didn't realise that the floor was wet because we "went in". :))))) oh well, it made them all laugh