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AeroStats
The Monthly Newsletter of the
Willamette Aerostat Society
February 2019 Volume 21, Number 2
Join us
Table of Contents
• Sec/Treas Report Page 3
February 10th at 2:00 PM
• Happenings Page 4 for the February WAS Meeting
• Jr. Balloon Camps Page 5 Lynx FBO, Building C, Aurora Airport, Keil Road NE, Aurora, Oregon
• Safety Seminar Page 5
• Pilot Lights Page 6-7 Laura Hancock will make a presentation on
• Tracy Barnes Page 8 flying in Taiwan
• Winthrop Page 9 (There won’t be a potluck this time)
• Seminar Form Page 10
• WAS application Page 11
Don’t let
your WAS
membership
drift away.
Renew today.
There’s an
2019 WAS Officers
application at President: Others:
the end of this Shari Gale
newsletter on sharigaleOR@gmail.com Newsletter Editor:
Shari Gale
page 11. Vice President: sharigaleOR@gmail.com
Matt Webster
Print it out, fill it chevy1320racing@yahoo.com Activities Director:
in, write a check Pasha Luber
and send it to Dale Secretary/Treasurer: pjluber@gmail.com
Justice. Dale Justice
Outerlimits41@aol.com WAS website:
It’s that easy! http://www.wasballoon.info
AeroStats February 2019 • Volume 21, Number 2 Page 2
Willamette Aerostat Society
Secretary/Treasurer’s Report
Willamette Aerostat Society General Meeting
Saturday, January 12, 2019
Present:
Shari Gale, President 8. Old business —
Matt Webster, Vice President 2019 Safety Seminar in Jefferson, OR – Tim Gale –
Dale Justice, Secretary-Treasurer The topics are getting finalized. So far, 27 attendees
Shari Gale, Newsletter Editor have registered.
Pasha Luber, Activities Director Jr. Balloonist Camp – Shari – The Reno camp will be
and 13 additional members. run by Karalynn Mumm. There will be a topic
about crewing this year.
1. Meeting was called to order at 1:17 p.m. by Matt at Funding – There will be decision at the February
Aurora Airport, Lynx FBO, building C, Aurora, OR. meeting on who WAS will sponsor and the club’s
financial involvement.
Introductions of attendees were held. A potluck was
enjoyed by all. 9. New business —
1. Web site – It was suggested that the web site could
2. Minutes of the December 15, 2018 meeting were have pictures of the WAS members and their
moved by Pasha and seconded by Shari to be balloons, with names of both. Shari will work on
approved as printed in the January, 2019 Aerostats that. Matt will also see about having a Pay Pal
newsletter. Motion passed. process for membership dues through the web
site.
3. Treasurer’s report — from Dale, as of January 11, 2019. 2. Possible club activities were discussed.
2019 Members 36 (21 dues paid) 10. The next meeting will be February 10 (Sunday) at
Checking $ 1297.53 2 p.m. at the Aurora Airport, Lynx FBO, Building
Savings 105.00 C in Aurora, OR. It will be snacks only.
Cash 7.00 March – there will be no membership meeting.
Total $ 1409.53 April 13 meeting will be a potluck on Saturday at
1 p.m. at Aurora Airport.
4. Correspondence — Jeff Haliczer sent a note about May 19 meeting will be snacks on Sunday at 2 p.m. at
the BFA Jr. Balloonist Camp. A discussion will occur Aurora Airport.
during Old Business. June through September— there will be no meetings.
October – December will be decided later.
5. News — Jerry Gobet reported that Barb Iverson
(Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm owner) was elected 11. Edie Stoaks moved to adjourn. Motion passed.
First Vice President of the Oregon Farm Bureau. It will Meeting adjourned at 2:01 p.m.
be beneficial to have a balloon-friendly farm owner
in that organization. 12. Following the meeting, a history of ballooning was
presented by Shari.
6. Regulatory —Tim — The WAS Safety Seminar was
approved and sanctioned by the FAA Wings Program Respectfully submitted,
one day before the government shutdown started. Dale Justice, Secretary
/signed/dtj/01-16-2019
7. Events —
Arizona Balloon Classic (ABC8) – January 25-27 –
Cheryl/Carmen/Dale to attend.
Winthrop Balloon Rally is March 1-3 – several
members and their crews plan to attend.
AeroStats February 2019 • Volume 21, Number 2 Page 3
Happenings in the Pacific Northwest and beyond
Event information in this newsletter is not to be considered as an endorsement by WAS, its officers, or its members.
2019
Sunday, February 10, 2019
WAS General Meeting
2:00 PM (please note time change)
Lynx FBO, Building C
14356 Keil Rd NE, Aurora, Oregon
March 1-3, 2019 Pacific Northwest
Safety Seminar
Winthrop Balloon Festival
Winthrop, WA
http://winthropwashington.com/
event/winthrop-balloon-festival
March 9, 2019
Pacific Northwest Safety Seminar
Greater Jefferson Community Center
Date: March 9, 2019
Jefferson, Oregon
Contact: Tim Gale
HABSafety@comcast.net Location: Greater Jefferson
August 23-25, 2019
Community Center,
Northwest Art & Air Festival 107 N Main St, Jefferson, Oregon
Albany, OR
http://nwartandair.org
September 6-8, 2019
Cost: $50
The Great Reno Balloon Race After February 15 cost will be $65.
Reno, NV
For more information:
http://www.renoballoon.com The seminar is a BFA sanctioned event and has
received approval for FAA Wings credit.
September 27-29, 2019
The Great Prosser Balloon Rally
Prosser, WA There is an application for the seminar located
For more information:
http://www.prosserballoonrally.org on page 10
This is only a partial and preliminary
For questions please contact:
list of 2019 events. Many rally Tim Gale HABSafety@comcast.net
organizations do not have their
information updated at this time.
Stay tuned. More information will be
posted as it becomes available.
AeroStats February 2019 • Volume 21, Number 2 Page 4
Put Safety First on Your 2019 Calendar
Attend the 2019 Pacific Northwest Safety Seminar
The upcoming Pacific Northwest Safety Seminar is coming together nicely. It will be held at the Greater
Jefferson Community Center in Jefferson, Oregon on Saturday, March 9, 2019. Check in begins at 7:30 AM.
The program will start at 8:00 AM.
I have approval from the FAA for WINGS credit, and the BFA has sactioned the seminar.
There will be some munchies as well as coffee to begin the day. Lunch will once again be cooked by
Greg Schofield. (When that was announced at the last WAS meeting, Greg got a round of applause.)
You can look forward to the following lineup of speakers:
◊ Jefferson Fire Department Lt. Halzard will speak on fire fighting and first responder support.
◊ Koh Murai will discuss low level wind shears and accidents.
◊ Meteorologist Jon Saltenberger will explain “The Thermal Trough in the West.”
◊ Mark Trujillo will present a segment on interfacing with other types of aircraft.
◊ Mandy Johnson will discuss “Annual Inspections: What pilots/owners can do, and the value of a
thorough annual.”
◊ Terri Schofield will be moderating a panel of local pilots who have personal experience with power
line contact.
◊ Matt Webster will take a look from the crew side in his presentation: “Vigilant crew members and
their important role in safe flight operations.”
◊ Vic Johnson will make a lunch time presentation on his flights over the Cascades and Mt. Rainier.
Tim Gale, Seminar Coordinator
HABsafety@comcast.net
Register now! Cost is only $50. It will be $65 after February 15, 2019.
Get Nominations in Now for Jr. Balloonist Camp!
In the last few years WAS WAS has asked for nominations February 10th meeting in Aurora.
has sponsored a young aspiring for the 2019 camp. To date Dale has The following is a listing of the
balloonist from our area for a week yet to receive a formal nomination. camps offered in 2019:
of intense learning at the BFA’s Jr. Your nomination needs to be in
Balloonist Camps. It’s an excellent writing. Please include information June 23-28 — High Sierra
program with a stated goal of about the nominee; name, age, past Camp, Reno, Nevada
helping teens become future balloon involvement in our sport, and why
pilots. he/she would benefit from attending July 7-11 — Keystone State
The camps are part safety seminar this camp. Send in your nomination Camp, Factoryville, Pennsylvania
and part bonding process. The to WAS Secretary/Treasurer, Dale
kids make longtime friends while Justice, Outerlimits41@aol.com July 13-18 — Rio Grande
learning a great deal about our sport. The funding for the camp (and/ Camp, Albuquerque, New Mexico
or camper) will be decided at the
AeroStats February 2019 • Volume 21, Number 2 Page 5
The following article is being reprinted from Balloon Life Magazine with publisher Tom Hamilton’s permission, as
well as the permission of the author, Alan Sanderson. Alan, as you probably know, is a WAS member and runs an
active repair station in Albany, Oregon. A huge thank you goes to both Tom and Alan.
Keeping it Hot “or” Care and Feeding of Pilot Lights
by Alan Sanderson
If you have never experienced considerable heat for hot quite reliable. But
an in-flight flameout, you have inflation and sustained things can go wrong.
missed a bit of excitement that most flight. Typical early Several checks are
of us would rather avoid. A proper burners produce outputs performed during an
understanding of your pilot light in the range of 4 million annual inspection.
and burner system can help you to BTU/hour, compare with They include testing
avoid this type of excitement, or at more than 15 million the pilot light vapor
least handle the situation without BTU/hour for modern pressure, checking the
endangering yourself and upsetting burners. The actual flame size, shape, and
your passengers. output varies with fuel resistance to wind, and
The modern hot air balloon pressure. At typical checking how fast the
burner, or in FAA-speak, “Airborne fuel pressures in the pilot flame goes out
Heater” varies in some details 100 to 125 psi (pounds after turning off the
between manufacturers. All burners per square inch) range, pilot valve. Failure of
share the following common output is proportional any of these tests can
elements: to the fuel flow. indicate a problem
1. An output control. Currently Commercially available that must be corrected
an on-off valve, known as the blast LP gas, typically a before the next flight.
valve, allows fuel to flow to provide mixture of 92% propane A vapor feed pilot
heat output, or blocks fuel flow to with other refinery light draws propane
turn off the flame. The pilot controls byproducts, has a heat vapor from the vapor
the heat output by simply turning the content of 95,500 BTU/ Illustration from “Tracings, space in the top of a
flame on and off. gallon. At 15 million Details of Sport Balloon Design” propane cylinder using
2. A fuel/air mixing mechanism. BTU/hour input, the fuel by The Balloon Works, cira a separate fuel line. A
1980’s.
Modern burners use arrays of small flow through the burner pressure regulator or a
jets or nozzles or a Venturi system to is 157 gallons per hour, metering valve controls
provide quiet combustion. or 2.6 gallons per minute. the vapor pressure to the pilot light.
3. A vaporizing system. A system The proportion of propane to air Pilot lights operate like a laboratory
of open or enclosed coils is used to must be in the range of 2 percent to Bunsen burner. The propane is
transfer heat from the flame to the 10 percent to support combustion. forced through a microscopic orifice
liquid propane. This heat changes The ignition source must have a or jet into a tube with air inlets in
the liquid propane into vapor that is temperature above 914 degrees F its sides. It then mixes with air, and
forced through the jets. The vapor to ignite the mixture. A pilot light maintains a flame at the top of the
mixes with the air, allowing it to provides a hot enough flame, and the tube.
burn. pilot light is located where it will With a vapor feed pilot system,
4. An ignition source. Current encounter an ignitable mixture soon the pressure regulator and the
systems use a standing pilot light, after the blast valve is opened. orifice cause most problems.
or constant ignition source. In the Pilot lights are supplied in Contaminated fuel can clog a
event of a pilot light failure, a flint two configurations — vapor feed, pressure regulator, or it can wear out
and steel welding striker or piezo- and liquid feed. Two or more fuel or stick internally. The normal result
electric igniter can provide an lines connecting to one of the fuel is too small a flame, or no flame at
ignition source. A long-nose butane cylinders can identify a system with all. An adjustable regulator may be
lighter is somewhat less reliable than a vapor feed pilot light. A system adjusted, but a fixed regulator must
a striker, so it should not be the only with a liquid feed pilot light will be replaced if it fails. A partially
ignition source. have only one fuel line per cylinder. clogged orifice can sometimes be
A hot air balloon requires Both systems are normally Continued on page 7
AeroStats February 2019 • Volume 21, Number 2 Page 6
Airworthiness and 1. Location is everything.
2. Look at the burner and
Paperwork
continued from page 6
determine the pilot flame location.
The burner designer put the pilot
The Clock
cleaned using a mild acid solution
flame where it should reliably light
the main burner.
3. Practice placing the striker
is Ticking!
and compressed air. If that does not
work, the orifice must be replaced. very close to that location, and
(In some older burners, it can be sparking it.
drilled with a fine machinist’s drill.) 4. Timing is everything
A liquid feed pilot system is 5. While holding the striker in
more complex than a vapor feed the proper location, momentarily
system. It uses either a vaporizing open and close the blast valve, to
chamber feeding an adjustable release a small cloud of fuel. You
pressure regulator, or an expansion need a mixture between two and 10
chamber with some moving parts. percent propane — too much fuel
With clean fuel, neither system will not ignite.
should cause any problems. 6. Strike a spark. You should
Sometimes impurities in the propane hear the flame when you do that. If
do not vaporize. These impurities you do not, strike two or three more
will leave a tar-like residue in the sparks.
vapor generator, sometimes clogging 7. Repeat steps five and six until
it or preventing it from operating you get a flame. Somehow 2018
properly. Disassembly, cleaning, 8. Quicly open the blast valve slipped away!
and some part preplacement may be for your burn.
required. 9. If the pilot light does not Your WAS membership
A pilot light failure may occur relight with the main burner, you may be in jeopardy.
without warning. More frequently, can partially open a Vernier valve, a
you will find that it occasionally cruise control valve, or a liquid feed
valve (Fire 2, glow burner, or cow If you want to stay
blows out in a wind shear, or makes
more or less noise than usual. Some burner) to maintain a flame that will connected to the
burners vent any fuel that leaks past ignite the main burner. Oregon/SW Washington
the blast valve stem seal through Practice the above procedure. ballooning community,
the pilot light, so an unusually tall There will be a test, and I expect please renew your
pilot flame may indicate a blast everyone to get 100% correct. membership today.
valve problem. Your repair station
should check any unusual pilot light You will find a handy
operation. Congratulations, membership application
form on page 11.
Emergency Relights Barb!
If the pilot light flames out in Good news! Barb Iverson,
flight, your immediate task is to light one of the owners of the Wooden
the main burner. Don’t attempt to Shoe Tulip Farm, has been
troubleshoot the pilot light system elected First Vice President of the
until the main burner is lit and you Oregon Farm Bureau.
have achieved level flight or a climb We know she will do a
to a safe altitude. The second task is great job. It’s also nice to know
to find a safe landing spot and land someone with such an important
as soon as practical. position within the farming
Practice lighting the main burner community is also someone who,
on the ground until you can always as a past balloon owner and pilot,
light it within two strikes. understands the in and outs of our
The following hints should sport.
improve your success rate:
AeroStats February 2019 • Volume 21, Number 2 Page 7Tracy Barnes (with Intermediate landings), the
first crossing of North America by
free balloon.
We’ve Lost An Important Contributor to Hot Air Ballooning
1973 – He was awarded the Shields-
by Shari Gale Trauger Award by the Balloon Fed-
eration of America November 21,
developed thermal aerostat made 1973. This is the highest award of
of modern synthetic fabric. (The the B.F.A., for a notable flight (first
balloon Ed Yost flew in 1960 was flight of Solar Balloon), a worth-
a project of the U.S. Navy.) In the while contribution to the science of
spring of 1963 Tracy developed the aerostation (Development of Solar
first super-pressure (hot air) captive Balloon), an important contribution
balloon system. The next year he to ballooning safety (Invention of
made successful trial flights of an the envelope Valve). Tracy Barnes
unmanned solar powered balloon. was the first person to have received
In 1964 he set an altitude record the award in all three categories.
by flying to 38,650 feet. In 1969 to
1974 – On October 28, 1974 he re-
1970 he developed and flew the first
ceived the Diplome Montgolfier, the
hot air super-pressure captive blimp.
Highest International Ballooning
1972 was the year Tracy developed
Award, presented by the Federation
the self-sealing parachute valve as
Aeronautique Internationale for the
an alternative to the rip panels used
development and flight of the first
in early hot air balloons.
solar powered balloon, many other
Tracy Barnes in the early days of ballooning. In 1973 he co-founded
remarkable balloon flights and the
The Balloon Works, Inc. along
Our sport lost an early innovator establishment of many World Re-
with Dodds Meddock and Karl
and record setter when Tracy Barnes cords.
Stefan. Tracy was the Director of
passed away in late January. He will Development and Design. During 1975 – He received the award for
be missed. that period Tracy made big changes excellence in design of the Barnes
Tracy was born in 1939. In 1957 to the balloon burner system by FireFly from the National Collection
Tracy joined the U.S. Army 101st adding pre-heat coils and changing of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institute
Airborne Division. He was assigned the mounting system so the flame and National Academy of Design.
to the Meteorological Section as a could be precisely directed. He
weather balloon technician. That changed the basket design to a 1978 - At the 4th Annual Inter-
was the beginning of his career in triangle. Maybe his most important national Balloon Rally in 1978 at
ballooning. innovation was the parachute top. Chateau de Balleroy near Bayeaux,
In 1961 he worked as a It was universally adopted by other France, the Coupe Du Chateau De
technician for the Balloon Project manufacturers. Balleroy was presented to Tracy for
Division of the University of The following is a list of his his important contributions to bal-
Minnesota’s Department of Physics. awards given to Tracy Barnes. looning.
He worked on several balloon The list comes from the National
projects including the development Balloon Museum website. (https:// 1985 – May 1st was presented the1st
of plastic tetrahedrons. That year www.nationalballoonmuseum.com/ Wirth Medal by the Queen of En-
he built his first hot air balloon tracy-barnes-altitude-record-setting- gland, for his contributions for the
using five used army parachutes, flight/) safety of ballooning. Specifically,
something that looked like a lawn his contribution of the “Parachute
1964 - Wingfoot Lighter-than-Air Valve” system of deflation.
chair and a barbecue sized propane Society Achievement Award for his
tank. May 10, 1964, A-3 altitude record.
A shortened list of his July 27th, 2008 Inducted in to the
accomplishments include a flight National Balloon Museum Hall of
1967 - Wingfoot Lighter-than-Air
in an AX3 which he had designed Fame
Society Achievement Award for set-
and built in 1961. He flew to 8,000 ting a new official altitude record for
feet. It was the first fully controlled hot air balloons of any size, and for
flight in a non-governmentally his transcontinental balloon flight
AeroStats February 2019 • Volume 21, Number 2 Page 8Opening Rally of the Flying in the Snow!
Season Coming Soon Until we get a chance to fly up in Winthrop, WA
at the beginning of March our chances of flying in the
Winthrop Balloon Festival snow are not too good around here. As you impatiently
wait for the Winthrop Balloon Festival here are some
photos to satisfy your cravings.
For 22 years the ballooning season has kicked off
with the Annual Winthrop Balloon Festival in Winthrop,
Washington. This year the balloonists will once again be
arriving in this quaint little town with hopes of flying on
Friday, March 1 through Sunday, March 3.
There is no official count on how many balloons will
be there. There is no formal invitation list. If you want
to go you are welcome to just show up. Some years it is
hard to find a launch area. Other years it is a little less
crowded. Part of the fun is looking around early in the
morning to see who is there for the pilot briefing.
Winthrop is located in the beautiful Methow Valley
in the Northern Cascade Mountain Range. The valley
is about 60 miles long with the Methow River running
right through the middle. This year the area is reporting
a two-foot snow cover. All that snow, the surrounding
mountains and balloons should equal some spectacular The balloon featured in this enchanting photo once belonged to Justin and
Pasha Luber. The new owner, Tedd Maxfield, sent this picture taken during
photo opportunities. the Caledonia Hot Air Balloon Rally in Minnesota on December 8-9, 2018.
Don’t forget to take a walk around in Winthrop.
The town looks like an old western town complete with
wooden sidewalks. The town with or without balloons is
a photographer’s dream.
The balloons launch from a large lot behind the
Winthrop Inn, which is at the south end of town. There
will be a small nightglow in the downtown area on
Saturday night at 6:00 PM.
Once again this year, quite a few balloonists
from Oregon are planning on taking the long drive to
Winthrop. Yes, it’s about an 8-hour drive, but there is
something about this rally that generates loyalty. Those
who take the time and effort to get there seem to want to
go back every year.
For more information go to: http://
winthropwashington.com/event/winthrop-balloon-
festival
This stunning photo was taken by Tom Balon as he flew along side the
Croatia hot air balloon team balloon. Tom lives in Zagreb, Croatia.
Don’t miss your chance to hear Laura’s tales of flying in Taiwan!
February WAS meeting • Sunday, February 10 at 2:00 PM
Lynx FBO, Building C, Aurora Airport, Keil Road NE, Aurora, Oregon
AeroStats February 2019 • Volume 21, Number 2 Page 92019
Pacific
Northwest
Safety
Seminar
Seminar
Registration
Form
Name:
First Last
E-mail address:
(If you want Wings credit, please be sure to use the same email address on file with the Wings Program.)
BFA #:
Address:
City: State: Zip Code:
Phone #: Phone #:
cell phone land line
q Crew q Private Pilot q Commercial Pilot q Student Pilot
Do you wish to have a BFA filing for your attendance at this seminar? q Yes q No
If yes, please be sure to include your BFA number above.
Cost: $50. Breakfast snacks and lunch included.
Price per person goes up to $65 on February 15, 2019.
Please print out this form and send it along with your check to: Tim Gale
P.O.
Please make your checks payable to Tim Gale
Box 723
St.
Contact information: 503-369-6123 • HABSafety@comcast.net
Helens, OR 97051-0723
AeroStats February 2019 • Volume 21, Number 2 Page 10WAS Membership Application
Name:
❏ Pilot ❏ Crew ❏ Interested in hot air ballooning
Birthday: Month Day
Address:
City: State: Zip:
Date Submitted:
Home Phone #: ( )
Cell Phone #: ( )
E-Mail Address: @
BFA Membership #:
Pilot/Crew Achievement Awards
BFA Crew Level: BFA Pilot Level:
FAA Wings Level: Other:
Family Member Information
Name: ❏ Pilot ❏ Crew
Name: ❏ Pilot ❏ Crew
Name: ❏ Pilot ❏ Crew
Name: ❏ Pilot ❏ Crew
Name: ❏ Pilot ❏ Crew
Membership Type
❏ Charter ($20) ❏ Single or Family ($20) ❏ Newsletter Only ($10 outside Oregon & SW Washington)
Membership
The Willamette Aerostat Society communicates via e-mail, the WAS Facebook page and the website. We
recognize and respect our member’s privacy. If you do not wish personal information about you shared with
other members, please indicate below. Your personal information will never be published on our website. It
might be shared with other club members if a request is made unless you prefer to opt out.
❑ Do Not share name
❑ Do Not share address Please use a 2nd page if there are two pilots in
the family, or if you have family members with
❑ Do Not share phone number additional information such as cell phone #
❑ Do Not share cell phone number and/or BFA #’s.
❑ Do Not share e-mail
Mail completed form with fees to:
Willamette Aerostat Society
c/o Dale Justice
2902 E. 2nd St. Unit 76
Newberg, OR 97132
AeroStats February 2019 • Volume 21, Number 2 Page 11Willamette Aerostat Society
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Front Cover Photo:
Tim Gale flying in blue skies over Winthrop, Washington in 2017. Photo by Shari Gale.
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