Albuquerque Balloon Festival 4 to 9-Oct-2019

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5-Oct-2019 Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta   - 6:30 am Morning Ballon Glow   - 7:00 am Morning Ballon Mass Ascension   - 7:00 am, 2nd balloon weather check.        With low clouds the Mass Ascension was delayed.   - 8:00 am, Light fog rolled in, the Mass Ascension was cancelled.   - 9:30 am Walked around Balloon Fiesta Park   - 6:00 pm Twilight Twinkle

7:15 am, Weather delay so this balloon waited around in the air.

	Deflate balloons after cancelled Mass Ascension
Deflate balloons after cancelled Mass Ascension	Packup balloons after cancelled Mass Ascension
Start to inflate the balloons for the Twilight Twinkle	Inflating theballoons for thr Twilight Twinkle
Inflating the balloons for thr Twilight Twinkle
Balloons are ready and waiting for sunset to begin the Twilight Twinkle.

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6-Oct-2019 Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Clear sky and low wind GREEN flag for todays morning events. - 7:00 am, Mass Ascension - 6:00 pm, Balloon Glow

By 7:30 I could see over 200 balloons in the air. The Mass Ascension continued until about 9:30 when the last balloon was in the air.

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7-Oct-2019 Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta & Tour - 9:00 am Walked around Balloon Fiesta Park. - 9:30 am Watched the Fly-in competition finish. - 2:00 pm Albuquerque Trolly Tour   Fly-in compeition events proceed as follows: 1. Balloons are launched at least 1 mile from the target area. 2. Ballons then fly to the target area. 3. Balloons approach the target at a low altitude. 4. The balloon drops their marker as close to the target as possible. 5. The balloon then must land in the desiganted landing are without touching the ground until entering the landing area.

Fly-in entry seen low over target.	Marker is dropped asclose to the target as possible.
At times multiple entries arrive together.	At times the target area can bet very busy.
After dropping their marker they must land and pack-up quickly.
Volunteers are available to assist the balloon crews and help the visitors.	Even a few special shaped balloons participate in the fly-in.

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8-Oct-2019 Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta & Tour - 7:45 am Ride the "Sandia Peak Tramway". - 10:30 am Visited the "Pueblo Indian Cultural Center". - 3:00 pm Visited the "Turquoise Museum".

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9-Oct-2019 Depart Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta. - 7:00 am Morning Ballon Mass Ascension".

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