The science and risks

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healing

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balloons but the science is it is quite

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serious and i treat it seriously there's

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human life at stake my life and the

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lives of those i share the sky with and

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the lives of those under me hello

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how are you

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we work with the federal aviation

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administration in terms of getting the

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aircraft certified london this is gas

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balloon calling to activate my flight

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plan it took me about a year to go to

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flight school get a pilot's license and

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after about a year of tests and training

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and certifications

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we made our first flight using my

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standard office chair as my gondola for

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that flight

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when you're up there it's not just

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leisure and relaxation you're floating

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away you have moments of that but

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there's a lot more time spent thinking

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okay am i heading the right direction do

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i have any airspace or obstacles in

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front of me okay we're climbing 120

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right at 18 000 feet so it's trying to

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get this guy to a zero pressure

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configuration you have to fly the

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aircraft if i'm climbing and i need to

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initiate a descent i need to vent helium

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the balloons are biodegradable so we can

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also cut the balloons away cut away

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individual balloons

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so there's a whole calculation and it

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changes every flight depending on what

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i'm flying

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the feeling of launching is unparalleled

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it's not