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31 A balloon is defined by the FAA as a lighter-than-air (LTA) aircraft that is not engine driven, and that sustains flight through the use of either gas buoyancy or an airborne heater (14 CFR 1 Part 1.1)
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32 Balloon operations are primarily conducted in Class G or E airspace. Class G airspace is typical of small, uncontrolled airports that do not have an instrument approach, and class E is typical of small, uncontrolled airports that do have an instrument approach.
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33 from an object in the line of flight is to add 100 ft of distance from the object for each 1 mph of wind speed. Objects or obstructions could be trees, fences, poles, aircraft, or livestock.
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34 personal vehicle. One airport operator in this study allowed local balloon operators to place a tank at the airport (Figure 8)
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35 the vast majority of ballooning accidents and injuries occur on landing (Ballard et al.
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