| The 2nd wave's early birds take off to our downwind.
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| Starting to inflate Bill's balloon.
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| Attaching the "parachute" ...
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| ... and checking it twice.
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| "All aboard!"
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| "Light hands!"
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| Up, up, ...
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| ... and away!
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| Bill's up there somewhere with the Yellow Submarine and
the Pack of Winston's.
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| Team Audi had a hard time getting inflated.
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| The Audi car comes flying overhead ...
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| ... sagging a bit ...
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| ... and just barely flying.
They aborted the flight with a safe landing in the crowd.
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| "That doesn't look too good."
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| "Hey ref! We're ready to go."
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| The "ref" (launch director) checks that the area is clear ...
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| ... signals for the launch ...
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| ... and as the balloon rises ...
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| ... he moves over to the next site,
where a German balloon and American balloon are butting heads.
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| The last of the second wave.
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