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Balloon at center of Falcon Heene drama not your average hot air balloon
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| October 16th 2009, 1
| Rosemary Black
Posted on 10/16/2009 8:41:45 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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Both hot air and helium balloons typically are piloted by a pilot with a license.
To: JoeProBono
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10/16/2009 8:47:37 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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10/16/2009 8:50:58 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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10/16/2009 8:53:07 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Is this an individualized Congressional balloon (self powered by hot air)?
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10/16/2009 8:56:03 AM PDT
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catman67
To: JoeProBono
In retrospect I am happy the ‘rescuers’ slashed the balloon.
I think they knew they’d been had, before the landing.
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10/16/2009 8:58:38 AM PDT
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Carley
(OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
To: JoeProBono
Hot Air Balloon
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10/16/2009 8:59:12 AM PDT
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Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: JoeProBono
has that reporter never heard of a helium balloon??
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10/16/2009 9:01:20 AM PDT
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GeronL
(They Made It Happen On Purpose Economically. MIHOPE)
To: JoeProBono
To: JoeProBono
There was no way that ballon could hold 1,500 cubic feet of helium.
400 - 500 cubic feet max. 500 would be 5 x 10 x 10 (if it were a box)
Assuming 500 cubit feet then max lift is 30 pounds. Knock off about 8 pounds for the weight of the aircraft and you could lift about 22 additional pounds on a good day. The kid looks 60 pounds to me.
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10/16/2009 9:04:19 AM PDT
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JBR34
To: GeronL
LOL! Apparently not. We are also regaled with the stunning revelation that hot-air balloons are filled with air that has been heated. Who knew?
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That is quite the investigative journalism
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10/16/2009 9:13:25 AM PDT
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GeronL
(They Made It Happen On Purpose Economically. MIHOPE)
To: Joe 6-pack
no, I must correct you, that is a Hot Air Baffoon
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10/16/2009 9:15:33 AM PDT
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Cyclone59
(I ROCK, Guitar Hero said so........)
To: JoeProBono
To: JoeProBono
As the air inside the balloon heats up to a temperature higher than the outside air, the balloon rises, he explains. That is a poor explanation.
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10/16/2009 9:47:20 AM PDT
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6SJ7
(atlasShruggedInd: ON)
To: GeronL
"That is quite the investigative journalism" From the dolt-scribe's POV, better than we serfs deserve. LOL!!
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10/16/2009 10:28:52 AM PDT
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Landru
(If you want to perform for 15 mins, 30 mins, 1 hour, 5 days, a YEAR! Call...)
To: Landru
I am just not sure what this story had to do with hot air baloons. Nothing as far as I can tell. I guess this article was for the idiots who voted for Obama.
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10/16/2009 10:32:31 AM PDT
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GeronL
(They Made It Happen On Purpose Economically. MIHOPE)
To: JBR34
I tried to figure out the volume of his balloon and came up with about 714 cu ft. The formula for calculating cubic feet in a sphere is
4/3 X pi X radius cubed.
I was having a hard time estimating the size of the balloon but guessed it was about 16 feet across. If you plug in the numbers you come up with 6400 cubic feet, but that is for a spherical balloon not a disk shaped one. One cubic foot of helium can lift 28.2 grams so if you divide the total grams lifted by 448 grams that equals the pounds lifted. A 16 foot diameter balloon could lift about 145 pounds. Since this balloon is flattened disk shaped it looks like its maybe 1/3 the volume of a spherical one, then it could lift 45 pounds. The kid and the balloon would have to weigh less than this. Can't wait to see this on Myth Busters.
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10/16/2009 10:36:17 AM PDT
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Harley
(Life is Tough, But It's a Lot Tougher When You're a Liberal. Stop Global Whining Now.)
To: GeronL
"I guess this article was for the idiots who voted for Obama." Maybe, but I'm inclined to believe you're just being cheritable.
zerO's voters could neither read or comprehend print, never-mind the spoken word. LOL
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10/16/2009 10:40:43 AM PDT
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Landru
(If you want to perform for 15 mins, 30 mins, 1 hour, 5 days, a YEAR! Call...)
To: Landru
lol.
Yep. The article wasn’t dumbed down enough for them.
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10/16/2009 11:03:06 AM PDT
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GeronL
(They Made It Happen On Purpose Economically. MIHOPE)
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