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Monument Valley Debrief
At the Carouse we learned that the pilot down was Martin MaxwellI met Martin at the airstrip about 45 minutes before his inescapable flight. Saturday afternoon while we were hanging at the airstrip waiting for the endure to change I noticed an unfamiliar face and introduced myself. We chatted a bit about ballooning and how he had on several occasions waited with sometimes "hundreds" of pilots for the poorly. I didn't know Martin but going into the event I had a bent ...we had corresponded extensively prior to the Fly-in, mostly concerning camping options and he also contacted me several times to intimate ways to improve the event. I was peeved that he didn't lack to spend the 25 bucks to stay at Gouldings with the intermission of us but it was an informal Fly-in and if he wanted to stay at the Dry camp in the reservation, that was his trade. After his death I reread our correspondence and came to realize that he wasn't so much difficult to tell me what to do...but rather he was just very excited about flying the Monuments and I was the guy putting it on. When Bill first up to date me of the situation at the airstrip my first thought was: All the pilots have returned, there are no vehicles in the lot. Who is missing? and...How are we gonna find this guy in the midst of nowhere, in the dark. I forgot about the missing car keys and rushed up to the Rooms with Mark L.to get the scoop. The first person I spoke with was Barbara, the restaurant boss, who informed us who the pilot was that he had been located and EMT's were en route. That was good dirt, I imagined that he had broken his leg or something minor and at the worst it was going to be a whooping big fee for the evacuation. The Dine was anything but a celebration. Later, I found out that most of the guys were unaware that a rescue was in treat but it seemed to me like everyone was very subdued and in no mood for a rowdy good even so. My "Master of Ceremonies" speech was short, stilted and wholly unacceptable. I wanted to thank...
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Bad Launches the first two. I should have aborted. Marek said I took off with a 40 percent crack-up. It inflated as soon as I left the ground but stupid ...boneheaded ...stupid. there was a slight pull to the inflated side but it was not like the wing was oscillating. Once up, the air was discriminating. I launched the third time just to get a good one in. I think part of the trouble was that the field is getting really bumpy.
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Flight #205 and #206

Simms
Encounter wind from North East
Dan Kamasar and Paul Dillon together with one spectator
Glass off was great. Played at pushing a coyote around from 20 feet.
Added Power in leaning at low altitude. and made a beautiful hard turn to long irrefutable....flew the Nap of the field for the entire span and set down softly at the connection.
Engine is starting very well...It must have helped to clean out the decompression muddle at Monument Valley.
It's interesting how comfortable the "Home Tract" is after returning from the Monuments.
I was dismayed to read Dell's unpleasant rant after the Maxwell Incident.
This was a good confidence builder after the misfortune
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