Whether you"re a seasoned balloon pilot or a beginning student, you will find the Federal Aviation Administration"s "Balloon Flying Handbook" an indispensable resource. Full of useful illustrations, graphs, and charts, this comprehensive guide offers not only the essential knowledge necessary for safe piloting, but detailed information on topics such as: Briefing a crew prior to take-off. Maintaining good landowner relations. History and physics of ballooning. Choosing a balloon to meet your needs. Inflating, launching, and landing a balloon. Reading the weather. In-flight maneuvers for navigating in wind. Proper balloon maintenance. Requirements for earning a pilot certificate. And more. Complete with diagrams, checklists, an extensive glossary of terms, an appendix of airworthiness standards for manned free balloons, and an Airman Application, this is a guide no balloon...