tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post5922920084088485639..comments2024-03-16T12:45:12.251-04:00Comments on Raised By Wolves: Photo Phriday: Aerial InvaderHeather Houlahanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13891198124130533198noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-40444670389440932922010-06-27T13:31:35.093-04:002010-06-27T13:31:35.093-04:00Albuquerque has lots of balloons, though not as ma...Albuquerque has lots of balloons, though not as many as it used to, and features an international festival that features several hundred of them. Dogs seem to nearly universally hate them and you can track a balloon's path over a neighborhood by the wave of barking just ahead of it. Booker the Chessie hasn't had one come right over him yet, but when they go by at a couple of hundred yards when we're on the river his interest seems to be "If that big one comes over here, you're going to shoot it, aren't you?"mdmnmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00191436711956580423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-60864088770894730312010-06-27T09:15:35.491-04:002010-06-27T09:15:35.491-04:00According to this article FAA regulations set the ...According to this article FAA regulations set the minimum altitude as 1000 ft above the highest obstacle within 2000 ft horizontally of the aircraft. So find the highest objects within 2000 ft of your farm and the balloon is required to be 1000 ft above that or the pilot is in violation of FAA regs.<br /><br />http://www.pilotoutlook.com/balloon_flying/14_cfr_part_91_section_91_119_minimumAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-85235233298336075732010-06-26T21:37:54.408-04:002010-06-26T21:37:54.408-04:00We have regular ultralight traffic. Perhaps becaus...We have regular ultralight traffic. Perhaps because a lot of really large birds like eagles frequent our place, the dogs have decided that ultralights only merit a look and a shrug.<br /><br />The chickens on the other hand fly (literally) into a major panic when they hear them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com