Balloon Flying Handbook introduces basic pilot knowledge and skills that are essential for piloting balloons. It introduces pilots to the broad spectrum of know

This full-color handbook, released by the Federal Aviation Administration in December 2024, supersedes FAA-H-8083-11A, Balloon Flying Handbook, dated 2008. A va

This Balloon Flying Handbook introduces the basic pilot knowledge and skills that are essential for piloting balloons. It introduces pilots to the broad spectru

This book is inspired by the transatlantic solo ballooning/sailing efforts of the 1960s and 1970s. In this alternative history recast at some uncertain future d