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

Denver Post ^ | October 15, 2009 | Kieran Nicholson

[editor-surveyor]

The sorcerer’s apprentice, 21st century version?

[dragnet2]

Why no photos of distraught crying parents/ why no huge search crowds fanning out to search the surrounding land?

Yep, no news geeks on the ground interviewing neighbors...No shots of neighbors searching the area etc.....

[driftdiver]

“They cannot put a helicopter over the balloon because the wind would suck the balloon up into the blades.”

huh? Helicopters push air down

[potlatch]

[so far nothing has been found..]

I came late to the thread, then turned on the TV. I heard that the 7 year old brother said he saw him get into it. A 7 yr old would know, so this is still pretty scary.

[BGHater]

[Ramius]

I still think there’s no way that’s enough helium to lift even a 30 lb boy.

If helium lifts about 1g per cubic meter of volume, a 30 lb kid is 30*16*28 = 13,440 grams, or roughly 13,000 cubic meters of He. Unless my arithmetic is way off... that 20-foot balloon couldn’t be more than a couple dozen cubic meters.

He may have climbed in, and the thing shot up in the air when he got out. He’s probably hiding somewhere afraid that he’s in trouble for letting dad’s cool balloon get loose.

[spectre]

I won't be disappointed if the kids were faking the situation. At least the child would be alive.

For now, we wait. Whew!

sw

[Jewbacca]

Where was it tethered?

And I could see a big brother putting his little brother in the ballon, un-doing the tether and then lying.

[mojitojoe]

and get single payer or public option health care. He’s become a real nut.

[DCBryan1]

It’s not a question of where ‘e grips it, its about weight ratios.

[ninergold3]

And how many times was the Ramsay house searched looking for JonBenet?

Very good point.

[CSI007]

Has anyone did the math on this thing? I am not 100% sure that the amount of helium in that balloon could lift a child in to the air.

[pillut48]

Wife Swap Heene family info

Falcon is the one with his eyes closed

[mojitojoe]

I agree. Jumped or fell.

[GeronL]

OK, they ain’t normal

[jra]

I thought wth as well.

[TornadoAlley3]

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://franksfunnies.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/richard-heene-harmonica.jpg&imgrefurl=http://franksfunnies.wordpress.com/category/richard-and-mayumi-heene/&usg=__ZWYltgloI2L9i6ThFpomf4V2KM4=&h=290&w=245&sz=14&hl=en&start=3&sig2=ZkhofIet9b6e64s9I3pY7g&um=1&tbnid=QIo8oPllrHMoPM:&tbnh=115&tbnw=97&prev=/images%3Fq%3DFalcon%2BHeene%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1&ei=8IDXSuruMcq0tweXpqD1Bg

scroll down.

[crusty old prospector]

Now that is what we need - some hard science.

[CedarDave]

The Air Force Academy is outside Colorado Springs. The balloon was launched from Fort Collins to the north of Denver.

Fox News local is saying they are searching around Plattville for an object reported to have fallen from the balloon.

[Scotswife]

people have been trying to lure me into farmville, but I’m too busy with my crossword puzzle games.