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Title: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: Changeup on October 15, 2009, 02:12:16 PM: www.abc.com

Say a prayer, he's at 8500 ft AGL at 3:15PM EST

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Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: lowZX14 on October 15, 2009, 02:14:34 PM: I just posted this in the O'Club as well lol.

Amazing story, let's hope everything ends well for the little tyke. :pray
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: Changeup on October 15, 2009, 02:16:08 PM: Colorado Air National Guard just launched at Helo to try to recover him...3:20PM EDT
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: Shuffler on October 15, 2009, 02:17:15 PM: Link bad just to abc advertising.
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: Changeup on October 15, 2009, 02:19:12 PM: www.abcnews.com

My bad
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: Changeup on October 15, 2009, 02:20:28 PM: We need Waystin2's well placed Wirbel shot to slowly deflate it....

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Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: Changeup on October 15, 2009, 02:21:19 PM: LIVE Video feed ON CNN Headline News....
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: Lazerr on October 15, 2009, 02:24:12 PM: ....... :x
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: lowZX14 on October 15, 2009, 02:39:19 PM: Just touched down, let's hope he's ok.
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: Captfish on October 15, 2009, 02:39:56 PM: No kid?!
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: Shuffler on October 15, 2009, 02:40:01 PM: looks like he may have fallen out.
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: Maverick on October 15, 2009, 02:41:59 PM: Balloon is down and no kid inside it. He may have fallen out.
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: Bronk on October 15, 2009, 03:07:54 PM: Let me think a bit. I'm 6, cut dad's toy loose what do I do?

I'm hiding so dad doesn't tan my rear.

That's what I'm hoping for.
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: texastc316 on October 15, 2009, 03:20:42 PM: Same here. Hoping for best
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: Shuffler on October 15, 2009, 03:35:43 PM: Wow.... long wait... does not look good.
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: Maverick on October 15, 2009, 03:48:42 PM: Now they are saying there had been a small box hanging from the bottom of the balloon when it got loose. The kid may have been in that and it came loose sometime before the helo's started following it.
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: Masherbrum on October 15, 2009, 03:55:13 PM: Quote from: Maverick on October 15, 2009, 03:48:42 PM
Now they are saying there had been a small box hanging from the bottom of the balloon when it got loose. The kid may have been in that and it came loose sometime before the helo's started following it.

:(
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: greens on October 15, 2009, 04:02:02 PM: AKAK that is not the way to get rid of your kid, lol :neener: :x
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: Bear76 on October 15, 2009, 04:04:41 PM: Quote from: greens on October 15, 2009, 04:02:02 PM
AKAK that is not the way to get rid of your kid, lol :neener: :x
Not something to be joking about :huh
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: WilldCrd on October 15, 2009, 04:14:26 PM: Quote from: greens on October 15, 2009, 04:02:02 PM
AKAK that is not the way to get rid of your kid, lol :neener: :x

:confused: you find this situation a good time to make jokes and try to make fun of AKAK? :headscratch:
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: Ack-Ack on October 15, 2009, 04:23:41 PM: Quote from: greens on October 15, 2009, 04:02:02 PM
AKAK that is not the way to get rid of your kid, lol :neener: :x

Like I said in the other thread about this, comments like your's in threads of this nature only serves to show us who the idiots are.

ack-ack
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: Gwjr2 on October 15, 2009, 05:10:55 PM: HEs safe at Home
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: mbailey on October 15, 2009, 05:11:09 PM: CNN just reported that the boy has been found alive and well. He was hiding because he thought he'd be in trouble.
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: Changeup on October 15, 2009, 05:17:02 PM: Holy cow!! The Kid hid for 3 hours...someone needs to send that boy to Scout/Sniper school...after his father tears him a new one of course.

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Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: CHAPPY on October 15, 2009, 05:20:33 PM: :rofl
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: FireDrgn on October 15, 2009, 06:04:44 PM: Even filled with helium that thing is not big enough to carry a 6 year old boy..... Emotion up intellect down.
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: gpwurzel on October 15, 2009, 06:12:01 PM: Glad the boys ok - Changeup, you owe me a new keyboard Mr - plus a clean up on my desk at work (where I am getting some very odd looks)

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Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: Anodizer on October 15, 2009, 06:18:23 PM: I found this absolutely the funniest 3 hours of television in my entire life..... Talk about tabloid!!
One of the "experts" on MSNBC said the kid is probably suffering from hypoxia!!! LMAO Ok, hypoxia at a few thousand feet....lol
And then he says that at 3000 feet, the air is only 30 degrees!! WHAT A sweetheartMASTER!!!
AND THEN, MSNBC didn't show the balloon gently touching the ground(they said it crashed) for fear of a blue, oxygen starved 6 year old falling out...LMAO
To watch the sweetheartbags from CNN and MSNBC rattle off nonsense, prejudging the parents, already labeling them as bad....
What was even funnier was the people they got on the phone who pretty much couldn't give them any other facts....lol
They kept on asking this one "balloon expert" the same 3 questions 200 different ways.... My gods.... Our news media is a joke...lmao
Liberal, Conservative or otherwise....
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: Changeup on October 15, 2009, 06:23:40 PM: Umm, Anodizer, not to ruin your math or understanding of altitudes but Denver and the Ft Collins area is at about 5800 ASL + the 3000 is 8800 above sea level and I believe vertical limit is 14800....if he would of been in that ridiculous contraption, he would have been in trouble. Check your altitude/temp decrease charts and O2 levels at whatever alt the balloon was at PLUS 5800 ft. Just FYI

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Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: greens on October 16, 2009, 01:42:42 AM: mmm am i to blame for this? dam am i responsible for the kid? ty akak for finally admitting who you are ;)
Title: Re: 6 year old boy floats away in homemade hot air ballon in Denver
Post by: wgmount on October 16, 2009, 04:35:39 AM: Quote from: FireDrgn on October 15, 2009, 06:04:44 PM
Even filled with helium that thing is not big enough to carry a 6 year old boy..... Emotion up intellect down.

I disagree with you. that balloon was maybe 20ft around so a little math.

20-foot balloon has a radius of 10 feet. 10* 10 * 10 * 3.14 * 4/3 = 4,186 cubic feet of volume. 4,186 cubic feet * 28.2 grams/cubic feet = 118,064 grams. 118,064 grams / 448 grams per pound = 263 pounds of lifting force.

6 year old boy = 50-60 pounds

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