Spiedie Fest - August 6th, 7th & 8th 2010
"Spiedies" actually are dish made of meat. A group of families started off the Spiedies Cooking Contests & they decided to fly balloons as well! This triggered off the "Spiedie Balloons Fest" where hot air balloons are flown and rallys are conducted!! This fest almost gathers one to two lakh people every year!! This happens in Binghamton every year. Infact a small city like Binghamton is proud of this event they organise.
I had been to this fest on 8th and enjoyed seeing the entire event & so immedietely thought of blogging it! Hope you enjoy reading it as well! BTW there are only pictures!!
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| Stage 1 - The balloon is spread out n tied to the fan which is tied to the basket which is inturn tied to a huge vehicle. |
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| Stage 2 - The fan is turned on and the air starts fillin the balloon. |
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| The fan used to blow air!! |
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| Stage 3 - The balloon is big enuf and a guy enters and checks if all the joints are tight! |
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| Stage 4 - They continue to blow air till it grows huge!! |
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| Stage 5 - The balloon is big enuf to stand upstraight! |
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| Stage 6 - Fire is blown into it now(Hot air rises and so makes the balloon straight) |
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| A clearer pic of the gas blown and the interiors of the balloon. |
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| Stage 7 - Lo!! Its straight up n hot air is still blown so that the balloon flies. Also people start fillin into the basket now! The price is 200$+, but you gottu book before hand!! |
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| Stage 8 - Its ready to take off!! |
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| Stage 9 - Ye!!! Its flyin high up!! |
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| Up n Up n Up n Up... it flies!! |
So damn colorful it was to see! There were people everywhere! I heard almost lakhs of people come to see these hot air balloons fly! Even though it is just 15/20 balloons... it was very colorful to see. Few more color color balloons i saw were:
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| This was the finale baloon, in the shape of a "light house". The previous day the finale balloon was a "Lady bug" :) |
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| A pic of the light house balloon! |
