After thinking about it for a while, this may be more common than i thought.
Flying from CMA to L35 @9500' today just north of EMT encountered a balloon of my left maybe 20-40' away same altitude. At 157kts it came up so quick i only had a millisecond to react. It didnt help that it was silver in color and almost impossible to see. my first thought was "weather balloon on a cable"??. I cant find anything on the chart.
Then on the return trip, somewhat same vicinity @6500' saw ANOTHER balloon! This one was maybe 50-60' away and i could see it was one of those mylar type.
Is this more common than i thought???
Flying from CMA to L35 @9500' today just north of EMT encountered a balloon of my left maybe 20-40' away same altitude. At 157kts it came up so quick i only had a millisecond to react. It didnt help that it was silver in color and almost impossible to see. my first thought was "weather balloon on a cable"??. I cant find anything on the chart.
Then on the return trip, somewhat same vicinity @6500' saw ANOTHER balloon! This one was maybe 50-60' away and i could see it was one of those mylar type.
Is this more common than i thought???
