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A cool shot of Wildfire Sr over the Zumbro River just North of Rochester. |
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Crewmembers Scott and Gina, and Brad in the background, pull the crown line down to deflate Wildfire after a recent flight. |
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A full air to air shot of Wildfire Sr over northern Olmsted County. |
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Sr does a 'splash and dash ' on the Zumbro River. |
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The RBC team of Doug, Chuck, Keith and Crew member Steve in front of one of the RBC trailers. |
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Keith and crewmember Cathy use the special burping tool to squeeze the air out of Wildfire Sr. before packing. |
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We get the crowd involved in helping pack this big balloon away. |
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Pilot Keith trains the excited crowd on what they need to do to pack this 250lb envelope away in the tiny envelope bag. |
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Here the kids help us 'snake' the balloon envelop back to the envelope bag. We had loads of fun with this! |
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Here we use all our extra help to get the air out of the envelope and continue to 'burp' the bag. |
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Crewmember Mikayla leans out the window and gives us a big smile as we chase Wildfire down the county road. |
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Chase, one of our young crew members looks out the window during a balloon chase. |
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Crewmember Steve helps hold the throat open during an inflation of Wildfire Sr. |
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The crew goes for breakfast after working very hard on a cool winter morning. |
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Two RBC pilots trying to learn how to 'burp' a balloon with the new high speed burper that Steve our crew member has manufactured! |
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