was built in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1977 and was kept in my garage for a few years in the 1990s.
It cruises at the speed of the wind (usually 1 to 10 miles per hour) and can carry three people.
It is a RX-6 hot air balloon with a single propane burner. It carries 30 gallons of propane an has a maximum gross weight of 1400 pounds.
Raven Balloons, the manufacturer, is now known as Aerostar International.
Liftoff at Tracy, 1998
Solo tether at Tracy, 1997
Lesson at Tracy, 1998
View of Tracy Airport, 1997
Deflation
