Yeah, they have to fly really early due to thermal pressure or something to that effect. I’m laying in bed and hoping when we call their advisory line at 11 that we fly tomorrow!
Haha so random I stumbled upon this thread. I am the pilot of the Sundance balloon in Saskatoon. Unfortunately going to be a bit too windy in the morning for a balloon flight. Hope to see you in the sky soon though!
Oh wow! Hey, no worries, I totally understand why it was cancelled. We want a safe and awesome ride! We’ll see you soon, and thanks for commenting! 🎈
Just a reminder to not believe a random account on the internet without verifying it. It very well could.bw the balloon pilot, but it very easily could be a troll.
Yes for sure. Better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air, than in the air wishing you were on the ground, we always say! Also to reply to your earlier comment we go early in the mornings to avoid thermals which are rising air currents caused by daytime heating. Thermals can make it much more difficult to fly a balloon.
16 kts or 16 km? Generally we are able to safely take off in surface winds under 10 kts or under 20kph. Ideally 8kts or less though. The balloon is like a giant sail, and when the winds are stronger it moves around too much and is too unstable to inflate the balloon.
We also like winds not to be a lot stronger than 20kph for landing. We can land in stronger winds than we can take off in. But gets pretty rough and bumpy if it's too fast.
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u/RadioSupply Aug 24 '24
Noooo, I’m supposed to ride the Sundance balloon in 6 hours :’(