Maybe... They sell A LOT of Mylar balloons here in NY. They even sell them
at the local Pharmacy!

I don't think we're called Yuppies anymore, but the modern-day equivalent
of Yuppies don't like to bring anything home to the kids that doesn't last
a few days... I doubt there will be much Mylar out there today in this half
of the country. It's on the too-cold side of the icing curve out there!
Besides, who has parties anymore?

I saw an RC planes from the air only once that I can recall. It was big
enough, high enough, and close enough to the field that I thought it was in
the pattern.

Can't say I've seen any rockets from the air. I see 'em on TV sometimes,
but they are usually in Florida or Houston or something.



"Jay Honeck" wrote in news:1170680414.893628.128670
@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

In 500 or so hours, I've seen at least 4 or 5 Mylar Baloons at altitude
(although I don't think at 10,000'). So you are about right.

Must be a Left Coast thing. I can't say that I've seen more than one
or two party balloons in the 1600 or so hours Mary and I have been
airborne...

I've seen quite a few R/C planes, but only when we flew over their
local airfield.

And we saw a humongous rocket, once. (It was NOTAM'd, and ATC warned
us about them...)
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