And they say I'm a dreamer but not the only one! Must have their heads in a cloud.
________________________________ From: Richard de Give <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, October 15, 2009 12:15:31 PM Subject: Re: [BREAKING] Up Up and Away I was thinking a pan of Jiffy-Pop popcorn myself ... ah, memories of the 60s. Rich --- On Thu, 10/15/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [BREAKING] Up Up and Away >To: [email protected] >Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 12:12 PM > > > >Video link here: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/video/18205848/index.html > >Requires Windows media player. > >Damn, this thing looks like something out of Lost In Space! > >When I was a kid, we only talked about lashing a bunch of helium party balloons > together to try to fly. Damnnnnn > >--Deb > >--- On Thu, 10/15/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Subject: [BREAKING] Up Up and Away >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 12:02 PM >> >> Man, this kid's father better be in the running for Bad Dad >> 2009. >> But in all seriousness, I sure hope this kid gets down OK. >> > ---Deb >> >> >> FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- A 6-year-old boy is floating over >> northeastern Colorado in a homebuilt balloon and authorities >> are racing to try and rescue him. >> >> The balloon, in the shape of a flying saucer is covered in >> foil and filled with helium. It has a compartment for a >> passenger underneath. It lifted the boy into the air near >> Fort Collins Thursday morning after the balloon became >> untethered at the boy's home. >> >> The father and son had apparently been working on the >> aircraft for some time. >> >> Fort Collins police and other authorities have been alerted >> and Airtracker 7 has launched in an effort to locate the >> boy. >> >> Airtracker 7 located the craft at 12:35 p.m. at about 8,000 >> feet in Weld County. It appeared to be slightly tilted. >> >> Skies in the area are partly cloudy and > southwest wind >> speeds are 15 to 20 miles per hour. >> >> "It is believed the device could rise to 10,000 feet," said >> Eloise Campanella, Larimer County Sheriff's Officer >> spokeswoman. >> >> "The structure at the bottom of the balloon that the boy is >> in is made of extremely thin plywood and won't withstand any >> kind of a crash at all," said Erik Nilsson, Larimer County >> Emergency Manager. >> >> Deputies from Larimer and Weld counties are tracking the >> balloon as it drifts. >> >> FAA spokesman Mike Fergus said the agency has been notified >> and it was unclear whether traffic controllers had picked it >> up on radar. >> >> The balloon may drift into air traffic control corridors >> used by Denver International Airport, based on its current >> location and direction. >> >> > >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
