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Old December 21st 19, 05:43 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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The high altitude balloon flight scenes in this fictional depiction of early balloonists are pretty interesting. The scenes on the ground might entice someone to watch it with you. If the ground action bores you, fast forward to the flight scenes.

I won't post any spoilers.

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Old December 21st 19, 10:13 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 8:43:45 AM UTC-8, son_of_flubber wrote:
The high altitude balloon flight scenes in this fictional depiction of early balloonists are pretty interesting. The scenes on the ground might entice someone to watch it with you. If the ground action bores you, fast forward to the flight scenes.

I won't post any spoilers.


It's nothing but a bunch of Hot Air
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Old December 21st 19, 11:26 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 4:13:16 PM UTC-5, Joel Flamenbaum wrote:
On Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 8:43:45 AM UTC-8, son_of_flubber wrote:
The high altitude balloon flight scenes in this fictional depiction of early balloonists are pretty interesting. The scenes on the ground might entice someone to watch it with you. If the ground action bores you, fast forward to the flight scenes.

I won't post any spoilers.


It's nothing but a bunch of Hot Air


They used 'coal gas' in that era. Coal gas contains a lot of hydrogen.
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Old December 22nd 19, 07:38 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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It was meant as a joke Mr Flubber - watched last night - interesting concept even though it was based on "fictitious event" 37,000 feet - no frost bite, no hypoxia, able to climb to the top of the balloon to open gas hatch??
Gosh glider pilots flying in wave -- who needs supplemental O2?
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Old December 23rd 19, 01:24 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On 12/21/19 9:43 AM, son_of_flubber wrote:
The high altitude balloon flight scenes in this fictional depiction of early balloonists are pretty interesting. The scenes on the ground might entice someone to watch it with you. If the ground action bores you, fast forward to the flight scenes.

I won't post any spoilers.



Read the comments on Amazon before wasting your time on this. A very
substantial rewrite of history, in order to push a political agenda.
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Old December 23rd 19, 01:38 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 7:24:17 PM UTC-5, kinsell wrote:

Read the comments on Amazon before wasting your time on this. A very
substantial rewrite of history, in order to push a political agenda.


The very capable and athletic young WOMAN in the movie is a fictional character. Once the balloon is aloft, the male scientist help her remove her corset and then she gets into her rain gear right before they fly into a cloud.

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Old December 23rd 19, 02:54 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On 12/22/19 5:38 PM, son_of_flubber wrote:
On Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 7:24:17 PM UTC-5, kinsell wrote:

Read the comments on Amazon before wasting your time on this. A very
substantial rewrite of history, in order to push a political agenda.


The very capable and athletic young WOMAN in the movie is a fictional character. Once the balloon is aloft, the male scientist help her remove her corset and then she gets into her rain gear right before they fly into a cloud.


Damn. You said you weren't going to post spoilers, and here you gave
away the whole plot.

I suppose this isn't any worse than the Titanic movie, but most people
know that Kate Winslett and Leonardo DeCrapio weren't really on the
ship. The balloon story is much less well known, and weak-minded
individuals may think this is real.

It's a pity, the actual story was fascinating in its own right, just
didn't have the correct political message to make Bezos and company
happy. What an inspiring story for young girls, teaching them how easy
it is to fabricate phoney role models.

I'll skip watching this one, plenty of other phoney news stories
saturate the media these days. Now, back to soaring.
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Old December 23rd 19, 07:31 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 8:54:32 PM UTC-5, kinsell wrote:
On 12/22/19 5:38 PM, son_of_flubber wrote:
On Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 7:24:17 PM UTC-5, kinsell wrote:

Read the comments on Amazon before wasting your time on this. A very
substantial rewrite of history, in order to push a political agenda.


The very capable and athletic young WOMAN in the movie is a fictional character. Once the balloon is aloft, the male scientist help her remove her corset and then she gets into her rain gear right before they fly into a cloud.


Damn. You said you weren't going to post spoilers, and here you gave
away the whole plot.

I suppose this isn't any worse than the Titanic movie, but most people
know that Kate Winslett and Leonardo DeCrapio weren't really on the
ship. The balloon story is much less well known, and weak-minded
individuals may think this is real.

It's a pity, the actual story was fascinating in its own right, just
didn't have the correct political message to make Bezos and company
happy. What an inspiring story for young girls, teaching them how easy
it is to fabricate phoney role models.

I'll skip watching this one, plenty of other phoney news stories
saturate the media these days. Now, back to soaring.


Recently I finally saw the movie "Gravity". Same sort of nonsense, political correctness and wrong physics. But that's always the case with mainstream movies.
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Old December 29th 19, 12:45 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Monday, December 23, 2019 at 10:31:09 AM UTC-8, wrote:
On Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 8:54:32 PM UTC-5, kinsell wrote:
On 12/22/19 5:38 PM, son_of_flubber wrote:
On Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 7:24:17 PM UTC-5, kinsell wrote:

Read the comments on Amazon before wasting your time on this. A very
substantial rewrite of history, in order to push a political agenda.

The very capable and athletic young WOMAN in the movie is a fictional character. Once the balloon is aloft, the male scientist help her remove her corset and then she gets into her rain gear right before they fly into a cloud.


Damn. You said you weren't going to post spoilers, and here you gave
away the whole plot.

I suppose this isn't any worse than the Titanic movie, but most people
know that Kate Winslett and Leonardo DeCrapio weren't really on the
ship. The balloon story is much less well known, and weak-minded
individuals may think this is real.

It's a pity, the actual story was fascinating in its own right, just
didn't have the correct political message to make Bezos and company
happy. What an inspiring story for young girls, teaching them how easy
it is to fabricate phoney role models.

I'll skip watching this one, plenty of other phoney news stories
saturate the media these days. Now, back to soaring.


Recently I finally saw the movie "Gravity". Same sort of nonsense, political correctness and wrong physics. But that's always the case with mainstream movies.


It is interesting to note that James Glaisher, the pilot in the movie, did indeed set an altitude record of 36,000 ft in 1862 (Sep 5). But the passenger wasn't a female, it was Henry Coxwell. Glaisher did lose consciousness during the flight, but no mention is made of climbing the balloon to release the valve.

Tom
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Old December 29th 19, 01:37 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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He wasn't the pilot in the movie, SHE was.Â* I found it mildly
entertaining but didn't take it seriously.

On 12/28/2019 4:45 PM, 2G wrote:
On Monday, December 23, 2019 at 10:31:09 AM UTC-8, wrote:
On Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 8:54:32 PM UTC-5, kinsell wrote:
On 12/22/19 5:38 PM, son_of_flubber wrote:
On Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 7:24:17 PM UTC-5, kinsell wrote:

Read the comments on Amazon before wasting your time on this. A very
substantial rewrite of history, in order to push a political agenda.
The very capable and athletic young WOMAN in the movie is a fictional character. Once the balloon is aloft, the male scientist help her remove her corset and then she gets into her rain gear right before they fly into a cloud.

Damn. You said you weren't going to post spoilers, and here you gave
away the whole plot.

I suppose this isn't any worse than the Titanic movie, but most people
know that Kate Winslett and Leonardo DeCrapio weren't really on the
ship. The balloon story is much less well known, and weak-minded
individuals may think this is real.

It's a pity, the actual story was fascinating in its own right, just
didn't have the correct political message to make Bezos and company
happy. What an inspiring story for young girls, teaching them how easy
it is to fabricate phoney role models.

I'll skip watching this one, plenty of other phoney news stories
saturate the media these days. Now, back to soaring.

Recently I finally saw the movie "Gravity". Same sort of nonsense, political correctness and wrong physics. But that's always the case with mainstream movies.

It is interesting to note that James Glaisher, the pilot in the movie, did indeed set an altitude record of 36,000 ft in 1862 (Sep 5). But the passenger wasn't a female, it was Henry Coxwell. Glaisher did lose consciousness during the flight, but no mention is made of climbing the balloon to release the valve.

Tom


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