we’re all pulling for you chuck
Posted on Thursday, September 4th, 2008
the ballooning community is a tight knit group to begin with, even among pilots in general. every flight is an adventure, you really don't know where you'll end up. it's hard for fixed wing pilots to understand how we can take off for a flight, and not know exactly where we'll land. and i think it's this sense of adventure that makes us that much of a tighter group. so when a fellow balloonist gets hurt, we all feel it. and this is especially true of chuck waltz. he was in accident this past weekend, flying in the nationals down in south carolina. as of this writing, he's back in michigan at the u of m hospital. he's in stable condition and doing well, all things considered.
you can click on the picture below to go to chuck's page and check on his status. it probably won't be updated daily, but it will be often. there will also be a permanent link over on the right that won't move. go to the status page and let chuck, cindy and family know that we're thinking about them every day. leave your thoughts in the comments at the bottom of the page.
this isn't chuck's balloon, but one from a flight a couple of weekends ago. i'll try to get one of chucks posted.












