How much crew is required to launch and land a hot air balloon?
There are 3 key positions to launching a balloon: • the crown line; requires 1-2 people to steady the balloon during cold air and hot air inflation • the mouth or skirt area; requires 2 people to hold the ‘mouth’ of the balloon open during inflation, especially during the initial burn • the fan; controls the inflator during inflation Additional people are always welcome during inflation. During landing the you can always use additional help to ‘burp’ the balloon and stuff that gigantic thing back into the little tiny bag. Also that gondola always seems to weigh more after landing than when you were setting it up!
