Hotair Balloon Team

Ballooning and Amateur Radio Club of Ireland

We take great care when overflying bloodstock and livestock.

Balloonteam.net liase with the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association.

Coming from a farming background (I.F.A Member) and being involved with our family equine interests. We take great care when we come across bloodstock, livestock, piggeries, deer, greyhounds and poultry.

We follow defined and recognised flight maneuvers when circumstances present themselves in this regard.

We also keep our maps fully marked up with sensitive areas, please feel free to submit any concerns via this email link:

FlightPlanning@BalloonTeam.net

Photo: Courtesy P. Murphy, Dunshaughlin.

Sensitive Area List

Landowner Relations

When we over-fly bloodstock and other sensitive areas as described above, it is standard procedure to climb to 1000ft+ and switch over to a secondary burner system called a "whisper burner".

What this does is burn propane liquid instead of propane vapour thus giving a much quieter flame which can barley be heard from this high altitude.

If you are a Balloonist and wish to access the BalloonTeam.net database of horse stables or stud farms in the North East region of Co. Meath.

If you have a sensitive area you would like us to record and publish here for the benefit of other balloonists, please send an appropriate email containing the relevant information to: FlightPlanning@BalloonTeam.net