small house. The burner is used to heat the temperature inside, causing it to rise. The flight burner is ignited when the balloon begins to reach full inflation. The burner uses propane to produce 21 billion BTUs per hour. It is mounted on top of the gondola and used to heat the air inside to a temperature higher than the outside, causing the envelope to rise. As the balloon inflates and its underside begins to leave the ground, the pilot, handling the burners puts one leg inside the basket. The crew members let go of their control lines and the envelopes rises, tilting the basked upright with the pilot inside. The balloon now stands approximately 70 feet high and 55 feet wide. Still it is not sufficiently buoyantballoon team or crew?Behind every balloon pilot is a capable balloon crew. Ballooning is a team sport and every pilot needs the help of four to six well-trained crew members in the launch and landing of his balloon. Some special shape balloons need up to 15 on their crew. Before inflation and launch each crew member is assigned a job by the pilot or crew chief. One person operates the fan and two others work the " throat." One or two are at the "crown," maintaining a constant pull on the line to control the speed of the envelope as it rises. An efficient crew can inflate a balloon in less than 10 minutes. After lift-off, the launch crew becomes the recovery crew. Because the craft lacks directional