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To: Berlin_Freeper

I thought hot air balloons typically only carried 3-5 people.


3 posted on 07/30/2016 11:57:56 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle ("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
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To: Steve_Seattle

Everything is bigger in Texas.


4 posted on 07/30/2016 11:58:58 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Steve_Seattle

There are larger balloons with larger capacity baskets.


8 posted on 07/30/2016 12:05:18 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (<<<<<a<< he no longer IS my 'teddy bear'.)
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To: Steve_Seattle

There are commercial balloons that can carry quite a load. Unfortunately, those types tend to go up even when conditions are not all that favorable. If there was even a hint of a storm getting anywhere near this area that could have caused some winds, the pilot should have refused to launch.


25 posted on 07/30/2016 12:45:00 PM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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