{"id":16587,"date":"2020-10-07T23:05:48","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T23:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=16587"},"modified":"2020-10-07T23:05:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T23:05:49","slug":"flying-circus-aerodrome-in-virginia-celebrates-47th-annual-balloon-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/virginia\/flying-circus-aerodrome-in-virginia-celebrates-47th-annual-balloon-fest\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Flying Circus Aerodrome in Virginia Celebrates 47th Annual Balloon Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The backdrop of a beautiful blue sky along with the\nAerodrome\u2019s vintage biplanes made the perfect setting for a hot air balloon\ndemonstration. This year, the Flying Circus held its 47th Balloon Fest on\nOctober 3-4, but weather wouldn\u2019t allow for a safe launch.&nbsp; Instead, two tethered balloons were used\nSaturday morning to explain how they operate in the sky. The crowd that stuck\naround after Saturday\u2019s air show was treated to a colorful balloon launch.\nSunday provided a launch opportunity as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"230\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flying-Circus-Kim-Wells.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flying-Circus-Kim-Wells.jpg 320w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flying-Circus-Kim-Wells-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption><em>Photos by Kim Wells.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A hot air balloon has no built-in mechanism for steering, so\nit uses the direction in which the wind travels to steer itself. The pilot can\ncontrol the altitude and the vertical speed of the balloon by using the propane\ntank to heat the air that causes the balloon to rise.&nbsp;&nbsp; With the prevailing winds Saturday morning,\nthe hot air balloons would\u2019ve been pushed towards a Military Operations Area if\nlaunched from the aerodrome.&nbsp; To avoid\nviolations and keep everyone safe, eight balloons were remotely launched\nSaturday morning, and the audience was able to see six fly by the field. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"213\" height=\"320\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flying-Circus-Kim-Wells-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flying-Circus-Kim-Wells-2.jpg 213w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flying-Circus-Kim-Wells-2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Biplane rides available between the balloon demonstration\nand the air show on both days.&nbsp; While no\nballoon rides were offered, their colorful presence still put smiles on faces.\nThe Flying Circus performed its airshow on both days, and this provided the crowd\nan opportunity to watch precise formation flying along with aerobatic flying\ndemonstrations. The Flying Circus usually hosts air shows every Sunday from May\nuntil October, and all events depend on good weather in order to take place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The atmosphere provided its normal family friendly vibe while\nstill practicing social distancing and other safety measures. Children played\nin the grass with their airplane toys; dogs were on leashes enjoying the\nweather, and families enjoyed time together in between the balloon\ndemonstration and the airshow. Attendees had more than enough space to safely\nspread out in the grass and still have a great view of the aviation action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about The Flying Circus Aerodrome, follow it on social media or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flyingcircusairshow.com\/\">visit its website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The backdrop of a beautiful blue sky along with the Aerodrome\u2019s vintage biplanes made the perfect setting for a hot air balloon demonstration. This year, the Flying Circus held its 47th Balloon Fest on October 3-4, but weather wouldn\u2019t allow for a safe launch.&nbsp; Instead, two tethered balloons were used Saturday morning to explain how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-virginia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16590,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16587\/revisions\/16590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}