Fort Collins boy in loose aircraft (6 yr old boy found hiding at home not in balloon)

Denver Post ^ | October 15, 2009 | Kieran Nicholson

[Arec Barrwin]

Rescuers are tracking and chasing a "homemade flying saucer" that is in flight with a 6-year-old, by himself, on board.

The incident started this morning in Fort Collins when the boy got into the balloon-like device, which was built by an adult, and it came loose from a tether, according to the Larimer County Sheriff's Office.

The contraption could rise as high as 10,000 feet, the sheriff's office said.

The home-made flying saucer was last seen in flight over Weld County.

The sheriff's office is working the Federal Aviation Administration to determine how to best get the boy down.

The homemade airplane was tethered in Fort Collins when the boy got onboard and it floated away. (Lisa Ecklund via 9News)

The six-year-old boy was by himself on board the hommade aircraft. (Courtesy Lisa Ecklund, via 9News)

The craft could fly as high as 10,000 feet, according to the Weld County Sheriff's Office. (Lisa Ecklund via 9News)

[glock rocks]

Bravo zulu. And when engineers let harmonics go to infinity, they get Tacoma Narrows :o)

[AFPhys]

I’ve daydreamed seriously making an ultralight. The day may be coming close to actually getting blueprints and such...

[christianhomeschoolmommaof3]

My balloon is invisible so you won’t be able to see me.

[goat granny]

My husband use to say he was glad he had only 1 girl, he would not have survived emotionally having more girls....She was his baby and she had him wound around her little finger....girls know how to do that instinctively...Your worry about girls is a lot different than the type of worry you have with son's.

You had 3 and survived...:O)

[Uri’el-2012]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363573/posts

[potlatch]

I have three daughters and a son, he is the youngest. Two of my daughters are identical twins so that was tons of fun!

I never had a bit of trouble raising my girls, they were so active and busy with cheerleading, 4-H, and scores of clubs that it was just fun. Thank goodness, lol

[goat granny]

***I, too, was a tree climber. One day I was at the top of a fifty foot tree in the backyard, swaying back and forth. It was a thrill until a neighbor lady saw me through her kitchen window and called my mom***

That sounds like fun even today....:O)

[glock rocks]

I wouldn't mind building an ultralight, but there's no way I'd fly it. I've even looked into the helicopter kits.

However, comma, I'm from the Dave Barry school of dyslexic left handed RTFM construction, meaning: from the last page of the instructions, reading left to right, for building the charcoal grill - light gas.

Woof.

My tagline is my mission statement.

[socialismislost]

I just saw this youtube. Say it all. Make the guy pay for all the cost for police, helicopters, etc. Every penny. This person punked a lot of people and many people were praying and horrified. He should be deeply ashamed of himself.

[socialismislost]

See post 1,653. I missed it too. The kid just exposed them on national TV.

[christianhomeschoolmommaof3]

For those of you who missed the press conference where he described his invention. http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=10702718&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,567120,00.html?test=latestnews

[christianhomeschoolmommaof3]

http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=10702718&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,567120,00.html?test=latestnews

[socialismislost]

Thanks, I just saw the youtube(post1653)video. Told me all I needed to know about this guy. The dad just got grounded by Falcon.LMAO

[christianhomeschoolmommaof3]

I saw the video from CNN. That was incredible. Too bad our inept media doesn’t go after the story anymore unless of course it is about a conservative. Then they just make it up.

[christianhomeschoolmommaof3]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxtFXtiUbbw

Wow it just gets better. Wolf Blitzer asked follow up questions.

[lonevoice]

And there could be a parallel universe where the boy is in the balloon...and still ascending!

Maybe!

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks!

[the OlLine Rebel]

Been there.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2363257/posts?page=1661#1661

[the OlLine Rebel]

I’m well aware of the “flat” (i.e., deflated) part, but in the beginning it was not that deflated.

[socialismislost]

No, it wasnt flat the whole time, but at the beginning it was also not filled out anywhere near full. It had a thin saucer shape all around the outside, and filled in gradually as the balloon swirled around. You could see it was not fully inflated from the beginning. I guess my point was that it didnt have the capacity to lift a 40 pound payload, and looking now at the youtube video, it seems it was a set up to begin with.