Dang near had a collision this morning.

[tamrock]

This morning the balloons went right over the house and the two came really close to each other. The yellow balloon was blowing his flame continually making all kinds of blasting noise in an effort get lift and that gets Ollie all upset. Bella was at that back door scratching it like she was trying to dig to China as shes scared to death of the noise these things make. Shes runs inside and hides behind the bed up stairs until it's again safe to come out.

 

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[old digger]

Noisy things, aren't they? I have always wanted to give them a try.

 

[Blak bart]

Too cool......I was lucky enough to take a ride in one ovver disney once, it was awsome !!!

 

[Blak bart]

Too cool......I was lucky enough to take a ride in one over disney once, it was awsome !!!

 

[WannaDig3687]

Must've been so cool you had to tell us twice. LOL!

 

[tamrock]

Noisy things, aren't they? I have always wanted to give them a try.

It's $250 a ride. If I ever do go I hope it goes like I see them sometimes with little wind and they just go way high in the air and stay up a long time. These here flying low the ride would be over in a short time. Maybe this fall when the air is cooler I'll spend the money? They've been going over my house for as long as I've lived here and that's gonna be 30 years next year. They've touched the tops of the trees here in the neighborhood before and people are always looking in my back yard.

 

[Blak bart]

Its worth it !!

 

[Blak bart]

In fact its so cool ill say it again. Its worth it !!
Lol !!

 

[tamrock]

In fact its so cool ill say it again. Its worth it !!
Lol !!

It looks worth it to me. Its just a matter of when I guess?. In the fall the air is clear and the trees are changing color and huge flocks of geese are flying around and that's when I see these thing look like the size of a pea way up there in the sky and I'm told that's when you wanna go.

 

[Blak bart]

I remember coming down to treetop level and picking pine cones so we could drop them like bombs. Big Time fun at the age of 15 !!

 

[Kray Gelder]

It's $250 a ride. If I ever do go I hope it goes like I see them sometimes with little wind and they just go way high in the air and stay up a long time. These here flying low the ride would be over in a short time. Maybe this fall when the air is cooler I'll spend the money? They've been going over my house for as long as I've lived here and that's gonna be 30 years next year. They've touched the tops of the trees here in the neighborhood before and people are always looking in my back yard.

You should give them something to look at. Sorry, just my twisted mind at work.

 

[GopherDaGold]

Several years ago my daughter came flying into the house yelling 'hey there's a hot air balloon crash landing in the field!' We go outside and sure enough, the gondola or basket, carrying three people was bouncing off the treetops in the hedgerow while the operator was frantically trying to gain altitude. By now most of the neighborhood had come out to watch and render aid if needed. He was able to move away from the trees and set down in the field. The problem with that is the field was overgrown with sticker bushes about 2' high so the balloon material was in danger of being punctured. The pilot asked us spectators to raise the deflated balloon over the tops of the bushes and assist with folding it up. There was probably thirty or more of us in the field holding and folding. We learned that the two other people in the balloon were a couple and the guy bought the balloon ride in order to surprise his gal with mile-high marriage proposal. She was visibly shaken throughout the ordeal so I have to wonder how that proposal worked out

 

[Rookster]

Not gittin in anything without a steering wheel. Nice pics

 

[Kray Gelder]

You should give them something to look at. Sorry, just my twisted mind at work.

What made me say that, was a memory triggered by you saying they were always looking in your back yard. Back in the day, on patrol in the Indian Ocean, a Soviet Helicopter approached our Frigate for a look. They were just at the level of our bridge (pilot house), only a couple of hundred feet away, and matching our course and speed. A couple of guys were taking photos of us, and quite a few of us lined the rails to see this Commie helo. Our skipper leaned down to us from the flying bridge, and said "Give 'em a good photo boys, give 'em the moon!" So we all turned and mooned the helo. The Soviets were laughing, we were laughing, and the Cold War continued.

 

[tamrock]

What made me say that, was a memory triggered by you saying they were always looking in your back yard. Back in the day, on patrol in the Indian Ocean, a Soviet Helicopter approached our Frigate for a look. They were just at the level of our bridge (pilot house), only a couple of hundred feet away, and matching our course and speed. A couple of guys were taking photos of us, and quite a few of us lined the rails to see this Commie helo. Our skipper leaned down to us from the flying bridge, and said "Give 'em a good photo boys, give 'em the moon!" So we all turned and mooned the helo. The Soviets were laughing, we were laughing, and the Cold War continued.

Yeah I knew what had crossed your mind, as I have had thoughts like that. What an interesting story. Kind a like that battlefield scene in the movie Braveheart. Of course things didn't escalate like in the movie it sounds like. I wonder if the Soviets got any top secret snapshots of this event you describe??

 

[Kray Gelder]

Yeah I knew what had crossed your mind, as I have had thoughts like that. What an interesting story. Kind a like that battlefield scene in the movie Braveheart. Of course things didn't escalate like in the movie it sounds like. I wonder if the Soviets got any top secret snapshots of this event you describe??

I don't know about top secret, but I would consider mine at least confidential. At sea, back then, we and the Russians were always screwing around with each other it seems. It was more serious with the submarine service, as some sub vets here on Tnet could attest to, but their activities were and are still top secret.

I had forgotten about that Braveheart scene, and that brought flashbacks at the time.

Good luck with the balloon tours, they're pretty cool.

 

[Ogre1190]

They are cool...and pretty. But I'll never ride in one. Worst crash scene I was ever dispatched to...
https://www.gendisasters.com/illinois/7008/barrington-hills-il-air-balloon-crash-kills-five-aug-1981
The one who fell through the roof and the one who fell into that field were in my jurisdiction. 😞

 

[Rawhide]

There is a 500 foot minimum they are to maintain except of course when landing.

 

[WannaDig3687]

They are cool...and pretty. But I'll never ride in one. Worst crash scene I was ever dispatched to...
https://www.gendisasters.com/illinois/7008/barrington-hills-il-air-balloon-crash-kills-five-aug-1981
The one who fell through the roof and the one who fell into that field were in my jurisdiction. 

How awful!