Over Fanshawe Lake, with Cloud Chasers Balloon Rides - Sept 3, 2014
Flying over London, with Zan of (Stratford, St Marys, Lucan, Mitchell, Exeter, London, ON, Canada)
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The Whole Family Flies with Cloud Chasers Balloon Rides - Aug 24, 2014
What a nice thing to do for their wedding anniversary - flying with Zan of (Stratford, St Marys, Lucan, Mitchell, Exeter, London, ON, Canada)
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Cloud Chasers - Stratford, ON, Canada - Balloon Flight - June 13, 2012
Zan took Tim & Paula up for a great evening balloon flight from Stratford ... and landed them later in a soccer field over in St Marys, ON. The balloon goes where the wind goes! The players even paused the games while the balloon was landing, LOL.
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A Great 2 Hour Birthday Hot-Air Balloon Flight - Thorndale to Lambeth - June 18, 2013
A nice surprise for Mike from Jodi .. a hot-air balloon ride .. and tonight, instead of the usual 1 hour flight, it stretched out to 2 hours as the winds took the balloon directly over London, ON and then over several planted fields, one after the other .. finally around sunset, a great field came up, for landing, SW of Lambeth. Many thanks to the landowners for allowing Zan to land his balloon on their property. And thanks to Tasch, Mark & Shaun for helping out with the balloon.
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Cloud Chasers Flies the Balloon Over Thorndale, ON - July 30, 2014
Zan, in one of his Cloud Chasers Balloon Rides balloons: flies from the farm, then does a touch & go in Thorndale. Thanks to Tasch for chasing the balloon. And a big thanks to Doug Hill & his son Jason for letting us land on their farm. Photos of hot-air balloons: More info:
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Looks Like a Good Day to Ride - in the Cloud Chasers Hot-Air Balloon - June 25, 2013
Slideshow of the 5 great evenings in a row of flying, June 17-21, 2013. Song - Good Day to Ride - George Canyon. Son Zan's Balloon Ride business:
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Fun Balloon Flight from Mitchell, ON, to Brodhagen - Oct 22, 2012
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Zan in Cloud Chasers Balloon & 2 Sundance Balloons Touch & Go at London Airport - June 27, 2012
Zan in his balloon was the 2nd of 3 balloons to liftoff from the Fleetway 40 property on the west side of London, ON, Canada ... all 3 of them did a touch & go at the airport. MarkFreeman408 filmed the segments done from the balloon.
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Beautiful Balloon Flight to St Marys, ON, Canada - Jun 22, 2014
Zan surprised me with a flight in one of his Cloud Chasers Balloon Rides balloons: .. thanks to Tasch for helping out, driving the chase vehicle & getting some footage from the ground. Photos of hot-air balloons: More:
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Twin 50th Birthday Ladies go for a Hot-air Balloon Ride - Sept 14, 2013
But, in all the excitement, a set of car keys of one of our other passengers inadvertently went up in the balloon, so we had to make a rendezvous. Zan, usually lands the balloon many miles from where it is launched from, so we wanted to make sure their car was waiting for them upon landing.
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Zan's Inaugural Flight in his New 160,000 cu ft Hot-Air Balloon - Aug 1, 2013
And he even took me along - thanks Zan! The whole top yellow area is available for advertising .. Zan flies in the London, Stratford, Mitchell, Seaforth, ON, Canada area. As well, Tasch, Mike & Amanda were aboard for this special occasion. Thanks to Greg & Matt, for the shots filmed from the ground.
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Ballooning from the Flats - St Marys, ON - Sept 27, 2014
Flying from St Marys, with Zan of (Stratford, St Marys, Lucan, Mitchell, Exeter, London, ON, Canada)
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Zan's First Solo Hot-air Balloon Flight in Canada Nov 25, 2011
It was baptism with fire this afternoon ... after trying twice to get the balloon inflated & standing up, Zan finally got it into the air. The weather office was saying 15 knot winds gusting to 20 & most of the time we can handle that lifting off in the shelter of a row of trees at the end of Mark (MarkFreeman408 on YouTube) & Zan's MX/ATV track. Once he was airborne, at 1000' he was clocking 40 mph & then he landed doing around 15-20 mph .. the basket tips over & you stay inside until everything comes to a stop, but not before he scooped up a whole lot of dirt from the farmer's field, LOL. A high-wind landing! Most of the time, you can land with the balloon standing up, but not when it's as windy as it was this afternoon. Once again, with the nice weather this fall, we're getting so many extra flights in .. now 11 in the last 6 weeks! Zan is soooo close now to trading in his student pilot's licence for his permanent private balloon licence .. good luck Zan! Brother Mark was driving the chase truck ... we chased Zan from the farm NE of Thorndale, ON, to just W of Stratford, ON ... 17 miles in 1 hour!
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Zan flys a Hot-air Balloon in the House - Oct 5, 2012
It's been a little rainy here, so Zan hasn't been flying his regular balloon ... here he is flying a paper hot-air balloon in the house. Better to fly your big balloon outside, Zan! Launching a candle balloon in Thailand:
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Up to 11,000 feet in a Hot-air Balloon - Nov 21, 2011 near London, ON, Canada
This now marks our 10th flight in the last 6 weeks as Zan is getting more practice hours in. Very unusual for this time of year, in this part of the country .. the weather has been great. Zan's brother Mark (MarkFreeman408 on YouTube) is up in the balloon as well, with his friend Christina. I'm along for the ride as the legal pilot (flying since 1979). Zan can fly alone with his student pilot balloon licence, but this week he should have his full permanent licence & he'll be able to take up passengers on his own. In this flight, we made it up to11,000' & were doing a max of 40 mph heading SE before we started our descent back to the ground.
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Cloud Chasers Flies from Plover Mills Farm - Sept 26, 2014
Flying from the farm, with Zan of (Stratford, St Marys, Lucan, Mitchell, Exeter, London, ON, Canada) Apologies for intermittent blurriness of the video ... just installed iOS 8 on my iPhone that took this video & there are now several issues with the camera as a result, including being slow, or failing to focus correctly. Hopefully Apple will do an update soon to make corrections. More balloon info:
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2 Hot-Air Balloons Race & We Chase - Aug 25, 2014
Zan of (Stratford, St Marys, Lucan, Mitchell, Exeter, London, ON, Canada) put his balloon up, along with Jimmy of Sundance, at the farm. Photos in general, of hot-air balloons: More info:
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MarkFreeman408 Winter Sky Diving - Cloud Chasers Balloon - Feb 16, 2015
Mark shows us what it's like to jump from a hot air balloon at 11,000' Brother Zan did the honours of pushing him out, LOL. Dave Sanford
a professional photographer for the NHL, went along to get some great shots. Tasch & I helped setup & chased them on the ground and of course retrieved Mark where he landed.
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Night Tethering at Nathan & Laura's Buck & Doe Apr 28, 2012
After the evening flight from St Marys, ON, Zan took his Cloud Chasers balloon to Nathan & Laura's Buck & Doe, in Thorndale, ON, to give night tether rides for the guests, behind the arena in the ball diamond area.
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No Snowmobiling Yet - and it's Jan 25, 2012 ... so Ballooning Instead! Mitchell, ON, Canada
Even though I said Jan 25, 2011, this video was taken this afternoon ... 2012!
I can't believe we haven't had the snowmobiles out yet .. with no snow, the trails can't open ... we have about 4 potential weeks left here in SW Ontario, Canada, but there is no real snow in the forecast for the next week ... let's keep our fingers crossed that they are wrong!
In the meantime, we're STILL getting lots of ballooning in & Zan is really building his hours. In this vid, Zan is flying the balloon alone, while Steve, Megan & I are chasing along the ground in the recovery vehicle.
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