Here’s an update from Bill on the Bunch of Bees Special Shape Balloon: — “Hey every one. A quick update on BoB. Only one long seam to build. We will make the last long seam on the shop floor, so we do not have to move the Balloon on the
Read moreI am posting this on behalf of “Wild Bill”. Saturday, 2013-03-30 a golden angel (Sandra) appeared in the workshop. Dave, Marion, Martin and Sandra were all building the top cap, while Wild Bill, Dale and I were busy installing the inner panels on the bunch of bee’s. Departing from the
Read moreThere is something oddly satisfying about cutting huge 30″ circular holes in a Brand New Balloon. Maybe it’s because when I built my own Hot Air Balloon, I was sooo careful not to make any mistakes (when snipping threads or by “catching” another part of the balloon under the part
Read moreLast Saturday, it was my turn along with three friends from Ottawa Social to help out building the “Bunch of Bees” balloon (see the two previous posts on this page). If you have read the earlier posts, you will already know that Bill Whelan is also a beekeeper and this
Read moreThe Bunch of Bees Balloon (see Bunch of Bees post) is coming along nicely, although the amount of work required to complete each of the 6 bees will probably be as much as building the entire balloon envelope (which is a beehive). Many people have been helping. I was at the workshop recently,
Read moreBill Whelan is in the process of building 2 Special Shape Balloons. The first of the two is what has been called “Bunch of Bees”. Lots of names have been thrown around for what to call this Balloon, I think Bill said it was going to be called “Billy’s Bees”
Read moreOn Sunday April 7, 2013 from 9:00AM to 12:30PM, the NCBC will be holding a Pilot Recurrency Seminar on this date. Location is the Cyrville Community Centre in Ottawa East (Gloucester) located at: 4355 Halmont Drive (off of Palmerston which is off of Olgilvie) We will be in the “Painting Room”. Free parking is
Read moreSo the Ex-president (David Lopushinsky) is moving to BC. He was one of the first people in the club to build an amateur-built balloon – here is a pic: He has a new project in the works. It seems he is moving close to the Okanagan Valley in BC, so
Read moreI put out a call to gather as many old issues of The Crownlines as possible. These will be scanned and added to the website soon. Through generous contributions of Diane Casault and Dave Johns, I’ve already assembled quite an impressive list. Thank you! I am still missing some issues,
Read moreHello, and welcome to the new ncballoonclub.ca. The website for the National Capital Balloon Club.
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