ʻO 52 wale nō mau pōʻino make i hōʻike ʻia ma waena o 1785 a i kēia manawa; ʻO kekahi o ia mau mea i hana ʻia i nehinei ma Casa Grande, Arizona, USA.
Ua iho mai ka baluna ma kahi o 7:50 am manawa kūloko ma ka wao nahele ma ka hikina o Sunshine Boulevard a me Hanna Road, wahi a nā luna o Eloy. Aia ʻo Eloy ma kahi o 65 mau mile ma ka hikina hema o Phoenix.
ka Papa Papa Hoʻomalu Aupuni a me ka FAA, me nā mākaʻi kūloko, ke noiʻi nei i ke kumu o kēia hāʻule ʻana o ka Kubicek BB 85 Z. ʻO nā ʻano envelopes paha ka koho ākea loa no kēlā me kēia ʻano baluna. He kūpono nā baluna ʻano Z no ka lele kūʻokoʻa a me ka lele ʻana me nā mea holo a i ʻole nā hoʻolaha.
ʻEhā poʻe ʻōpio i make, a hoʻokahi kanaka i ke kūlana koʻikoʻi ma kahi haukapila kūloko.
ʻO ka 'Oihana Makai Eloy ma Arizona i kēia lā i hōʻike i ka poʻe i hōʻeha ʻia ʻo Chayton Wiescholek, 28, mai Union City, Michigan; Kaitlynn Bartrom, 28, mai Andrews, Indiana; ʻO Atahan Kiliccote, 24, mai Cupertino, Kaleponi a me Cornelius Van Der Walt, 37. ʻO Der Walt, i noho ma Eloy a mai ʻApelika Hema, ʻo ia ka mea hoʻokele. Ua ʻike nā mākaʻi i ka mea i hōʻeha ʻia ʻo Valerie Stutterheim, 23 makahiki, 23, mai Scottsdale, Arizona.
Ua hoʻokele ʻia ka mokulele e Droplyne Hot Air Balloon Rides. ʻO ka hui i kēia manawa no kāna moʻolelo palekana maikaʻi loa a hāʻawi a hana i nā holo Balloon ma Arizona a me Utah.
ʻO Casa Grande, home o ka Casa Grande Ruins e haʻi ana i ka moʻolelo o ka poʻe Sonoran Desert i hoʻomaka ka moʻomeheu ma ʻaneʻi ma kahi o 5500 BC Ma hope o ka manawa, i ka piʻi ʻana o ka wela a maloʻo a paʻakikī hoʻi ka hahai holoholona a me ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana, hiki i ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana o nā kulina hānai mai Mesoamerica. ua hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi noho mahiʻai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai mai nā kahe mauna a me nā muliwai e hoʻoinu i kā lākou mau māla. Ma ka makahiki 450 CE, ua hoʻokumu kēia poʻe noho wao nahele i kahi moʻomeheu kūʻokoʻa, i ʻike ʻia ma kahi ʻāpana o kā lākou ʻano ipu lepo i kapa ʻia ʻo "red-on-buff", hiki ke loaʻa ma nā wahi kapu o ia wahi.
Hāʻawi ʻo Droplyne i kahi lele alakaʻi kūʻokoʻa maoli ma luna o kēia wahi koʻikoʻi i ka wao nahele ʻo Sonoran. ʻOiai ʻo ia wale nō ka mea hoʻokele baluna ma ka ʻāina e lawe i nā mokulele a hiki i 2 mau mile, 10 000ft, ma luna o ka honua e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻia ʻoe i kahi ʻike o ke ola. Ma kēia kiʻekiʻe hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā mamao o 70 mau mile a ʻoi aku paha, a hiki i Phoenix a me Mt Lemon ma Tucson. ʻOiai ma nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka Gila Indian Reservation, ka Tohono O'Odham Nation Reservation, nā mauna Picacho me Mt Newman ka lae kiʻekiʻe loa ma 4500ft MSL a me Picacho peak ma 3300ft MSL.
ʻO ka manaʻo a Droplyne i kona poʻe holo kaʻa, penei: E ʻaʻahu mehana, lawe mai i kofe, manaʻo hāmama, a mākaukau e hauʻoli.
Hāʻawi ʻia nā holo baluna a puni ka honua, ʻoiai ma ʻApelika