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Toy balloons take pilot to 11,000ft record
Electronic Telegraph ^
| October 29 2001
| Nicola Woolcock
Posted on 10/29/2001 4:00:46 AM PST by aculeus
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To: Rebelbase
A jetliner pilot reported seeing him. (thats not something you see everyday)I wonder if anybody's got a recording of that conversattion with air traffice control. It would have to be a classic.
To: aculeus
Craziness comes in many forms. If there was a miscue and he got tangled in the ballons and crashed and died, Would'nt it be EMBARRASSING!
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posted on
10/29/2001 6:44:57 AM PST
by
noah
To: tacticalogic
Here is the
audio file from the local CB radio group who monitored Larry's communication with his ground crew and local authorities.
To: BearCub
That was an awesome site! Made me want to do it!
To: aculeus
Luckily, seeing the Red Balloon as a child didn't have the same affect on me.
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posted on
10/29/2001 7:28:13 AM PST
by
skeeter
To: DouglasKC
Another cool site is
ParaBounce - a 22' helium balloon that lets you jump abount 100' in the air and then come back down slowly. Sort of a reverse bungee jump. When I get sick of my job I think I'll buy one, take it to a beach and give $20 rides for a living. I've been kicking this around for about two years...
-bc
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posted on
10/29/2001 7:45:57 AM PST
by
BearCub
To: aculeus
Looks to me like Lawn Chair Larry holds the record at 16,000 feet, not this Brit at 11,000.
To: BearCub
That is awesome! It would be great to strap that puppy on and bounce across a huge old field...
To: BearCub; GopherIt
Want to retire & start a ParaBounce business on some beach? You & Mrs. GopherIt could live in Florida in that Winnebago...
;-)
-bc
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posted on
10/29/2001 9:53:50 AM PST
by
BearCub
To: Rebelbase
He sure sounded surprisingly calm. That guy had serious cajones.
To: tacticalogic
...if anybody's got a recording... You can get(buy) the recording of the Larry's conversation. Art Bell had the somebody on that was quite intimate with Larry's flight. Can try to look it up on Bell's site, but guests are arranged alphabetically per page, and I don't remember the guest's name. Kind of a pain when you want to find the name of a book that was being promoted 6 months ago...
To: aculeus
Ian Ashpole = Next Darwin Award Winner
To: BearCub
When I get to my double-wide in Luchenbach, I'll think about it.
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posted on
10/29/2001 5:01:46 PM PST
by
GopherIt
To: BearCub
P.S. I think you ought to get to know Laurie Dhue.
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posted on
10/29/2001 5:04:05 PM PST
by
GopherIt
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To: aculeus
A true lunatic. Some people have entirely too much time on their hands.
To: BearCub
If you think Condit didn't like getting FReeped before, imagine a FReep using a few dozen of these things...
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10/29/2001 5:24:50 PM PST
by
185JHP
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To: GopherIt
Laurie Dhue LOL - I'd love to get to know Laurie Dhue. I just don't know if I'd remember what to do with her once I knew her.
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10/30/2001 6:36:06 AM PST
by
BearCub
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