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The answer to your kid's question is 'Yes'
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:38 pm
by BackInTex
if you get enough of them.
http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/ ... 7dbae.html
No, it is not a good idea. No, it would not be fun.
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:20 pm
by TheCalvinator24
They did this on MythBusters. To get a small child off the ground took 1000s of balloons. The idea that an adult got lifted away is incredible.
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:37 pm
by themanintheseersuckersuit
TheCalvinator24 wrote:They did this on MythBusters. To get a small child off the ground took 1000s of balloons. The idea that an adult got lifted away is incredible.
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:17 pm
by TheConfessor
TheCalvinator24 wrote:They did this on MythBusters. To get a small child off the ground took 1000s of balloons. The idea that an adult got lifted away is incredible.
It's not incredible to me. There was a well-documented incident in 1997 that got a lot of media attention.
http://www.snopes.com/travel/airline/walters.asp
Maybe I should pitch the networks on a proposed new show called "Mythbusters Buster."
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:35 pm
by BackInTex
TheConfessor wrote:TheCalvinator24 wrote:They did this on MythBusters. To get a small child off the ground took 1000s of balloons. The idea that an adult got lifted away is incredible.
It's not incredible to me. There was a well-documented incident in 1997 that got a lot of media attention.
http://www.snopes.com/travel/airline/walters.asp
Maybe I should pitch the networks on a proposed new show called "Mythbusters Buster."
There is a difference between 'party baloons' mentioned in the story and seen in the Mythbusters picture and weather balloons discussed in the Snopes article.
Of course logic does say that if 1 party balloon can lift a 1 oz. bag of birdseed then 1600 balloons would lift a less than 100 lb. kid.
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:44 pm
by TheConfessor
The same guy did an earlier flight in January. The winds were different that time, and he wound up in Argentina.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld ... 7712.story
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:59 pm
by TheCalvinator24
The balloons in the picture are not party balloons. He had some large diameter balloons made of heavier material than typical party balloons.
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:49 pm
by themanintheseersuckersuit
TheCalvinator24 wrote:The balloons in the picture are not party balloons. He had some large diameter balloons made of heavier material than typical party balloons.
They have bigger parties in Rio.
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:51 am
by peacock2121
This would be a deal breaker.
I don't have many - the few include storm chasing and a stunt like this.