Lots happening part I

So last week my basket arrived along with a few other items inside. It has been pretty chaotic with everything going on but i have been slowing working my way through getting everything up to par.

So basket a Colt 77 built in 1989 which is in amazing condition for its age. It came with a map bag, fire extinguisher holder and dropline/pouch. All of the bits are pretty old so i have ordered fabric to sew up what i need.

The dropline is about 15mm wide which will be a pain to handle if i need to use it, so i will probably cut it up and use it elsewhere in the balloon. I have a spare dropline so that will be installed in the balloon once i have made a bag for it to go in.

The map bag was very solid and about the size of a piece of A3 paper so i have no idea what i would use it for so that's going to be replace with a flight manual holder. I have no idea what i will do with the bit that have come with the basket but they have a little historical reference so ill put them into storage.



Enough with the plans so the basket arrived on a Thursday. I took before photos of how i got it. It came covered in a Sky balloons cover which was tagged by Mainfreight staff which annoyed the shit out of me because any logical person could see its not something designed to be disposed. So opened it all up and pulled everything out so i could take it into get steam cleaned and wet vac'd.

surprisingly the basket was dirty and a floor of dirty water came out. The suede was in good condition its had a little bit of use which is evident on the down side of the basket. I plan to swap the down side to the up to give everything equal use. Its just a matter of looking after everything and giving it some love.

That is part one of the last couple of weeks so stand by for part two.