NickDG 23 #1 October 15, 2009 Six year old boy in flight with homemade balloon. They are saying "hot air" but it looks more like Helium. Unbelievable! NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #2 October 15, 2009 It looks like a giant mushroom (assuming the link LisaH posted is the same thing you're watching)."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #3 October 15, 2009 Not on any channels that I can see (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #4 October 15, 2009 Don't worry, I'll bet it makes sky news tonight! NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #5 October 15, 2009 I just saw Lisa's post and video .... (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #6 October 15, 2009 They are talking about the best course of action - there is no course of action I can think of . . . I'd imagine as the helium cools with nightfall it should come down. NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
imthegerm 0 #7 October 15, 2009 This is crazy! Looks like a giant cupcake flying through the air! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #8 October 15, 2009 How abotu land a slydiver on the ballon basket? Should be doable, if it isi high enough for a safe cut away! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #9 October 15, 2009 We need our best crew dogs on this one. Stat! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deltron80 0 #10 October 15, 2009 QuoteHow abotu land a slydiver on the ballon basket? Should be doable, if it isi high enough for a safe cut away! YEA someone do that! That would be such good publicity..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoink 321 #11 October 15, 2009 Not for the kid if something goes wrong. They need to get some kind of tether to it. Maybe from the end of a rappel? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #12 October 15, 2009 A helicopter and a shotgun is what is needed. Use beanbag round to pop holes in it. Or get a modified C130 to snag it. Or shoot a grappling line through the lines, then deflate the balloon and lower it via helicopter. Geez people don't think very quickly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 235 #13 October 15, 2009 Holy shit. Weather today is about 67 degrees in Fort Collins, so if he's at 8-10k then the temps are in the 30's."I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #14 October 15, 2009 Colorado, that thing is gonna froozen come sundown! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shah269 0 #15 October 15, 2009 This is toooooo funny! I know I shouldn't laugh.......but I am!Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #16 October 15, 2009 QuoteThis is toooooo funny! I know I shouldn't laugh.......but I am! Hope he is a Wild Child like mine, he'd be loving it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LongWayToFall 0 #17 October 15, 2009 They just said the boy may have fallen out right after take off, according to a sibling who watched the whole thing. So at this point they do not know if he is inside. Wouldn't you think that without 50lbs, the balloon would not stop until it got to 30-50k feet? I think it is at 7-10k right now. Regardless, scary Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 235 #18 October 15, 2009 Just found some video on it. CHECK THIS OUT!!"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #19 October 15, 2009 The little boy's name is "Falcon!" The CRW suggestion sounds like the best way so far! Hey, Jaybird, you packed? NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #20 October 15, 2009 Looks to be loosing gas now...one side is collapsing quite a bit! may only be becasue it is colder up there! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #21 October 15, 2009 It's in DIA airspace and now they've stopped north-bound departures.TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #22 October 15, 2009 if the kid is still inside it is anything BUT funny..... TV shot of the event must be taken from a moving aircraft,,, using zoom lens video.. cause it makes it appear that the balloon is moving realllll fast... when the winds are being reported as "light".. Tough situation, maybe they can snag it with a helicopter and tether... maybe a Person, at the end of the tether with some type of grappling device.. which can be secured to the balloon, then compromise the envelope by knife.. to bleed off the helium... allowing the deflating balloon to be "held" by the tether.... lower the whole mess , carefully to the ground.... would rather see some sorta controlled descent,,,, instead of just letting it , "come to the ground" on it's own...gravity can be nasty..... if you can't control it... yikes..... jt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #23 October 15, 2009 Nobody is laughing . . . A helicopter isn't going to get anywhere near it because of the rotor wash. He's a 500-feet now. Come on Falcon, pull it out, Bro! NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #24 October 15, 2009 Touchdown! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaH 0 #25 October 15, 2009 Be yourself! MooOOooOoo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
