On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 15:07:20 -0600, Russell Kent wrote:

You can start by stopping off at your local party supply store and asking for
18,869,217 helium ballons, and some netting to hold them all. Spring for the
mylar ones, they last longer.

Not the mylar ones, they have too large a radar signature. The forces of good
will be able to track you to your secret mountain fortress too easily.

Actually, it's the aluminization of the Mylar(tm) that increases the radar
signature, so if you can get clear Mylar(tm) balloons, you should be ok. Yet
another example where aluminization of the aircraft structure is a Bad Idea. :-)

But...but...that's *perfect*. A transparent, evil, hydrogen-filled, swamp
gas-injesting zep. It beats Wonder Woman's invisible SR-71 all to
heck....

Ron Wanttaja