[ProtectOurFreedom]

I bought one once and figured I’d get lift by filling it with hot lawn mower exhaust. At 10 or 11 years, I had no idea how to do any calculations, so it was empiricism all the way. It inflated, but flopped over and wouldn’t even stand up at all. What a huge disappointment that was.

[Viking2002]

Yeah, as a kid I tried to make a parachute out of a 30 gallon garbage bag and several lengths of twine. I tied them to my belt loops and jumped off the back porch.

I learned several hard lessons in aerodynamics that day. And it was all in one jump. *snicker*