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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
Why doesn't Calgary have hot-air balloons like we used to. You seem a couple from time to time but I remember when I was a kid there would be a TON in the sky - including the DQ Ice-cream shaped one that got tangled in some wires one time.
But you just don't seem them anymore.
What happened?
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Those balloons used to land on a plateau on top of a hill just across the street from the houses behind ours when my brother and I were kids. We always used to hear them coming as they'd be really low over the rooftops and the sound of them firing their burners would be really clear. I used to love hearing that sound and being able to watch them go right over our roof and back yard. My brother and I also used to run around to the plateau when they were landing and help them pack up their balloons, though I can't remember how often we got to do it. I do remember helping the DQ guy packing up his balloon more than once though and that he was maybe the nicest of the balloon operators. It was a sad thing hearing that he had died flying into those power wires.