Taiwan’s first female hot-air balloon license holder – Wu Jin-ye

Following the 2011 Taitung Hot-Air Balloon Festival held in Luye Township last year, which generated a whirlwind of enthusiasm for the sport, Taitung County Government selected five individuals to undergo hot-air balloon pilot training in America. The five individuals have already successfully passed the course and received their internationally certified hot-air balloon pilot's license. In addition, two of the five individuals have also received the highest-level commercial license. Born and bred in Taitung’ Guanshan area, Wu Jin-ye is the first Taiwanese female to possess both licenses.

Wu Jin-ye has not let her unique status go to her head, and with both feet firmly on the ground she humbly expressed her gratitude for all the valuable instruction she has received.  These important preliminary steps signal the start of personal hot-air balloon training in Taiwan, and a comprehensive plan to ensure success into the future is being drawn up as we speak. However, the current unyielding restrictions in aviation law may yet prove a damaging blow to the progress of hot-air ballooning in Taiwan.

PeoPo 公民新聞

Taiwan’s first female hot-air balloon license holder – Wu Jin-ye
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(以下是中文對照)

台灣首位擁有熱氣球雙證照的女飛行員吳金曄 ( 欖仁居修行生活網 )

台東熱氣球嘉年華在鹿野鄉高台舉行時，颳起了一陣熱氣球旋風，台東縣政府因此出資徵選了5名民眾前往美國接受熱氣球駕駛訓練，今年五位在美國都順利考取了國際認証的熱氣球飛行執照，其中更有兩位考取了最高階的商業執照。家住台東縣關山鎮的吳金曄就是同時擁有兩個證照的一位，她也是台灣首位擁有熱氣球飛行證照的女飛行員。擁有兩個證照的她也很謙虛的表示，自己還需前輩們的指導。初步的熱氣球飛行人員培訓現在終於跨出了第一步，但是後續的規畫與配套還須持續進行，特別是航空法的限制若不鬆綁，對熱氣球發展將是重大的致命傷。

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