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As far as flight training is concerned, outright
cost to get you to your private certificate is $2400. Quite often we can either
partially or totally fold the cost of training into the purchase price of a
balloon, or adjust the cost by how much time you can spend with the retrieve
crew. It is my preference to have a student spend about a year in training and
a considerable amount of time on the retrieve team to learn exactly what the
team on the ground goes through. It is also a time to learn why the instructor
pilot makes certain "go" and "no go" decisions.
As far as a place
to begin, I think either coming out to observe a flight or to participate, as a
student/passenger would be appropriate. No reason to commit to the full
training package until you see if balloons are in reality what you perceive
them to be.
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