Balloons

Many times - including on my last flight, just over a week ago. Never
anything larger than a party balloon. They do startle you.

David Johnson

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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On Feb 5, 9:33 am, "Montblack" Y4_NOT!...
wrote:
("G. Sylvester" wrote)

no reference the Larry the Lawnchair Man? There was a radio call from
a
now defunkt airline (Eastern?) that checked in with SoCal Center
"Airline XXX, one four thousand, at my 3 o'clock and 5 mile there
appears
to be a man in a chair attached to a bunch of weather balloons."

http://www.clusterballoon.org/utah/utah_3.html
Good pics

My favorite is http://www.clusterballoon.org/utah/utah_79_L.jpg
The guy seems pretty happy, but notice where the helmet is. It works
best if you put it on your head.



Far out, man.

Like, maybe he did some rolling when he was on the runway and needed a place
for his stash. I bet he didn't call and tell ATC...

Oh, and, like, that Larry guy? He's dead. Bummer.

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Robert M. Gary wrote:
My favorite is http://www.clusterballoon.org/utah/utah_79_L.jpg
The guy seems pretty happy, but notice where the helmet is. It works
best if you put it on your head.

and what is the helmet use for when you fall from FL180? The good news
is he's /G.

Gerald

On Feb 5, 2:06 am, "G. Sylvester" wrote:
I had another close encounter with a (party / decoration-type) balloon.

Out here in the desert, the usual culprit is the plastic grocery
bag. With the strong thermal activity in the summer, it's not unusual
to pass one of these at altitudes up to 10,000 ft.

About 5 yrs. ago, a pilot called into the tower declaring an
emergency for engine trouble. I heard him on my handheld and strolled
over to the runway to watch him come in. As he was flaring, it was
clear that there was a plastic grocery bag stuck to his intake. As he
slowed and turned off the runway, the bag fell off. I went over to
transient parking and asked if he'd solved the problem with carb
heat. He was very interested in knowing how I had figured that
out. :-)))

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

You see balloons? Hope you don't see these:
http://www.clusterballoon.org/
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"Bob Fry" wrote in message
...
You see balloons? Hope you don't see these:
http://www.clusterballoon.org/
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Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display
qualities which he does not possess.

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Peter R. wrote:
I believe the OP was referring to party balloons, not hot-air balloons.

correct. And for clarification I'm also not referring to that big
silver thing that says "Good Yeer!" sic

Gerald

On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:18:30 +0100, Mxsmanic wrote:

Jay Beckman writes:

"I'm not giving up my ice cream parlor that I built with my own two
hands...!"

- Howard Johnson

"Howard Johnson is right!"

MX is just pawn in chess game of life.....

Ron Wanttaja