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WEATHER LINKS |
Canada's official weather site. Check here for looping radar and satellite video as well as weather watches and warnings |
More detailed daily and 14 day forecasts. Check here for interesting weather tidbits |
Highway cameras with wind speed and direction, accident reports |
More weather info than you'll ever need to know but gives you an idea what pilots look at. Red Deer's call sign is CYQF |
Great for getting weather conditions at multiple locations on the same page. Make sure conditions are current |
OTHER INTERESTING LINKS |
Balloon pictures set to Alan Parson's "Blown by the wind" on YOUtube |
Simulator that approximates the feel of piloting a balloon |
Great people, Good fun, Worthy cause These are the "Go To" people for me when I have a balloon question |
Wikipedia has a wealth of information and is the place you want to start |
When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci |
THE REALLY COOL SH..TUFF |
Remote Control rotor craft inside a balloon, Thermal imaging of a balloon inflation, and a balloon festival |
Good visual of air currents |