This is a test of the Member Posting system.  Currently we have several levels of member  A new member starts out as a Cow Poke.  Then once we verify that they are involved with ballooning in some way they are promoted to the group Ranch Hand.  When we know aContinue Reading

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I was talking to a couple of pilots the other day and they use a drone to check the winds before their flight and they told me that two days in a row the drone kept them from making a horrible mistake. The first morning when the drone went up,Continue Reading

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So, We have all had them. We have all had those inflation’s that we think our head is going to catch fire! Let’s examine how that happens and how we can avoid the situation. The first thing we need to do is explore a little bit of physics. We allContinue Reading

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We now have an entire page devoted to balloon competition. If you have ever wondered what happens at a balloon competitive event there are several great videos that explain many of the competitive events that are run at a balloon competition. Keep checking back because we are adding more andContinue Reading

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So I have made a few changes to the site. First thing was to get the menu link to the new Competition Video Tutorials out from under the Video Tutorials drop down since it was not showing on a small screen properly. The next item was to change the lastContinue Reading

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We now have a new section in the Download area. If you mouse over the Download Menu link above you will see a link for Video Tutorials. There is a new Sub-category called “Competition Video Tutorials” On that page is the first of many to come about how some ofContinue Reading

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We now have a new section in the Download area.  If you mouse over the Download Menu link above you will see a link for Video Tutorials.  There is a new Sub-category called “Competition Video Tutorials”  On that page is the first of many to come about how some ofContinue Reading

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Well,  I am happy with the look. It took a full day of work to create all the “Photo Tiles” for the different shop categories and to create a product frame for the items in the shop but I am happy with the layout.  It looks clean and scales wellContinue Reading

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Slowly but surely I am getting the store set up. I have created a product frame for the items in the store.  I have then used that frame to create category images as well as product images.  The frame is 800 px by 800 px.  This works good for theContinue Reading

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We had our first purchase in the shop yesterday!  It was a FREE download but still it got me looking at the shop.  While we do not have products in the shop at this time we will!  So I need to take a look at the shops appearance and theContinue Reading

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Again more NEW ADDITIONS to the Aviation-Ranch.com website.  I started by adding a new category to the postings pages for members.  This new category is “Swap Shop”  This is where members can post items they are looking for or have to sell or trade.  I stuck a few things inContinue Reading

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These are for 20 gallon lay down tanks.  Will provide straps and buckles for installation.  These are for the 20 gallon tanks with the Oval service area.  They currently have brown colored marine grade vinyl but can be re-covered in a different color should you wish. Super Solid!  Makes aContinue Reading

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