Dear community,
I have always wondered what it was like to be a looner in the pre-internet days, from the 1960s up until the 1990s, but since Google searches pertaining to the history of balloons return very few results, I figured I might ask here, since I know from reading old posts that at least a couple of our members remember these times. I am especially interested in the types of balloons that were available back then, including ones that have since been discontinued; if you started looning before 2000, what kinds of balloons did you use, and has the variety of balloons that interest you gotten better or worse since you started out?
I would also appreciate anecdotes pertaining to your early experiences as a looner as well as links to old catalogues of balloon companies.
Thank you,
SRider.
I have always wondered what it was like to be a looner in the pre-internet days, from the 1960s up until the 1990s, but since Google searches pertaining to the history of balloons return very few results, I figured I might ask here, since I know from reading old posts that at least a couple of our members remember these times. I am especially interested in the types of balloons that were available back then, including ones that have since been discontinued; if you started looning before 2000, what kinds of balloons did you use, and has the variety of balloons that interest you gotten better or worse since you started out?
I would also appreciate anecdotes pertaining to your early experiences as a looner as well as links to old catalogues of balloon companies.
Thank you,
SRider.
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