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Fort Collins boy in loose aircraft (6 yr old boy found hiding at home not in balloon)
Denver Post ^
| October 15, 2009
| Kieran Nicholson
Posted on 10/15/2009 11:45:55 AM PDT by 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)
TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: balloon; balloonboy; denver; faa; falconheene; jiffypop; missing
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To: DoughtyOne
Won't matter if he hits the lines. At the power they put out almost anything conducts. And at a minimum they will tear the envelope and send the kid to the ground uncontrolled. For us cube dwellers, how high are the power lines, can he just go over them?
401
posted on
10/15/2009 12:37:26 PM PDT
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world, and they are all out to get me.)
To: SE Mom
402
posted on
10/15/2009 12:37:27 PM PDT
by
PhiKapMom
(Mary Fallin - OK Gov/Coburn - Senate 2010 ! Take Back the House/Senate! Stop ZERO!)
To: BuckeyeTexan
The balloon descended low enough that rescuers were able to grab the tether lines. They looking inside the balloon now.
403
posted on
10/15/2009 12:37:38 PM PDT
by
BuckeyeTexan
(Integrity, Character, Leadership, and Loyalty matter - Be an example, no matter the cost.)
To: Abigail Adams
Waiting for the kid to exit....Where is the kid???.....
To: smedley64
Appears to be nobody on board
405
posted on
10/15/2009 12:37:50 PM PDT
by
Erik Latranyi
(Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
To: Never on my watch
On the ground. Soft landing!
To: TomGuy
No matter what happened kudos to the rescue people for being on the scene so quickly.
407
posted on
10/15/2009 12:37:53 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: Arec Barrwin
408
posted on
10/15/2009 12:38:01 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: who knows what evil?
why don’t they get him out!
409
posted on
10/15/2009 12:38:16 PM PDT
by
TomasUSMC
( FIGHT LIKE WW2, FINISH LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM)
To: Erik Latranyi
410
posted on
10/15/2009 12:38:19 PM PDT
by
ohioWfan
(Proud Mom of a Bronze Star recipient!)
To: BuckeyeTexan
They poking holes in the balloon the prevent it from floating off again. No child emerging yet.
411
posted on
10/15/2009 12:38:22 PM PDT
by
BuckeyeTexan
(Integrity, Character, Leadership, and Loyalty matter - Be an example, no matter the cost.)
To: Never on my watch
Poking a whole in the mylar.
412
posted on
10/15/2009 12:38:26 PM PDT
by
PhiKapMom
(Mary Fallin - OK Gov/Coburn - Senate 2010 ! Take Back the House/Senate! Stop ZERO!)
To: TomGuy
To: rintense
Hmm...I don’t know why. Worked flawlessly for me.
To: DCBryan1
One source says 1 liter of helium can lift 1 gram.
Translating to the other measurement system, you get
1 gram = .0022 pounds
200 pounds = about 91,000 grams
1 liter = .035314 cubic feet
91,000 times .035314 cubic feet = about 3214 cubic feet.
Thus, not counting the weight of the balloon (or whatever is holding the helium), it would take more than 3,000 cubic feet of helium to lift a 200-pound person off the ground.
get out your calculators
415
posted on
10/15/2009 12:38:47 PM PDT
by
hattend
(Sarah Palin's mob minion - Mob Name: Hatman the Hitman)
To: dragnet2
Hopefully he hasn’t been breathing helium for the last two hours.
To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
He/She would NEVER talk to someone’s face like that.
417
posted on
10/15/2009 12:38:53 PM PDT
by
envisio
To: dragnet2
Someone shoot that idiot with the shovel!
418
posted on
10/15/2009 12:39:01 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(Obama can't play in the Olympic reindeer games)
To: dragnet2
To: BuckeyeTexan
420
posted on
10/15/2009 12:39:10 PM PDT
by
US_MilitaryRules
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