8th Experimental Balloon Meet
Vermont - May 2001

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This beautiful 28,000 cu ft Stars & Stripes Ultralight was built by Rick Courtney and is now owned by Curtis Pack	Very nice natural shape and "Alaska" sphere and cone shape on Friday morning	Mike Emich testing out the Stars & Stripes Ultralight
Preparing "Madonna" (and her Jean-Paul Gauthier bustiere) for flight	Inside "Madonna"	Curtis Peck's 28,000 cu ft Ultralight once again
Aerial view of the main building shortly after takeoff in "Madonna"; Note the Firetruck and Viking Ship in front of the house	Two Post Mills Airport runways, with horse track and cemetary on right	Local trailer park from the air
Cameron's small travel burner; Note Genny Red (Brian's favorite beer) for size comparison.	Another Cameron travel burner with different valve handles	View from our rental house on Lake Fairlee...
...and the ship dock; Where's our amphibious balloon?	Antique experimental burner on Friday night	Burner of my 1980 Thunder & Colt Cloudhopper

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