American floats across channel tied to helium balloons
American floats across channel tied to helium balloons
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turbobloke

Original Poster:

117,253 posts

290 months

Friday 28th May 2010
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Why not.

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Mojocvh

16,837 posts

292 months

Friday 28th May 2010
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Yes.

No doubt the non jobber pc H&S elite will have something to say but he broke no laws (in fact was VERY clear on that in his interview) and really stuck two fingers up to them.

Well Done.

anonymous-user

84 months

Friday 28th May 2010
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"He has made it... across the channel at least. #balloonman is now over the French countryside at 2,000ft at 19mph."


Holy st!! Well done.

nelly1

5,665 posts

261 months

Friday 28th May 2010
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anonymous said:
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cs02rm0

13,966 posts

221 months

Friday 28th May 2010
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RyanAir's shares must be plummeting now.

DonkeyApple

70,210 posts

199 months

Friday 28th May 2010
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turbobloke said:
Why not.

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He seems a lot smarter than his fellow countryman who was one of the earliest winners of a Darwin Award biggrin

Jimbeaux

33,791 posts

261 months

Friday 28th May 2010
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anonymous said:
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Nah, why do that when they could probably get a free plane ticket.....1st Class if they have enough kids and are unmarried. wink

Olf

11,978 posts

248 months

Friday 28th May 2010
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He's got nowt on the two east german families who built their own ballon from scratch and flew to the west...

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=m9UDAAAAMBAJ&am...


Halb

53,012 posts

213 months

Saturday 29th May 2010
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nelly1 said:
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That's what I thought of as wellbiggrin
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/10186819.s...
Great story.

Baby Huey

4,881 posts

229 months

Saturday 29th May 2010
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There was a chap who turned up on the Kent coast not so long ago who had crossed the channel on a pallet. I think that is a greater acheivement.

Well done balloon mentalist.

Halb

53,012 posts

213 months

Saturday 29th May 2010
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Baby Huey said:
There was a chap who turned up on the Kent coast not so long ago who had crossed the channel on a pallet. I think that is a greater acheivement.

Well done balloon mentalist.
Paddling over a relatively small area of water as opposed to floating over 1000s of miles? Or was it an illegal and you were taking into account his whole trip from Mogadishu?

sheps

742 posts

227 months

Saturday 29th May 2010
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Who floated over 1000's of miles?