## Student Balloon Flight Checklist 

## Preflight 

1. Weather briefings 

2. Documents 

3. Fuel check 

4. Crew briefing 

5. Passenger briefing 

6. Layout & assembly 

7. Inspection 

## Inflation 

1. Crew briefing 

2. Fan placement 

3. Equilibrium 

4. Board passengers 

5. Basket check 

6. Instrument check 

7. Fuel 

## Launch 

1. Final crew instructions 

2. Obstacles—Clear 

3. Traffic—Clear 

## Descent/Approach 

1. Passenger briefing 

2. Obstacles—Clear 

3. High wind landing 

4. Water landing 

## Landing 

1. Monitor passengers 

2. Secure fuel 

3. Secure heater 

4. Deflation 

## Recovery 

1. Secure deflation system 

2. Secure envelope 

3. Secure heater 

4. Secure basket 

5. Pack-up 

6. Fuel check 

## Postflight 

1. Fueling 

2. Report discrepancies 

3. Storage 

