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		Roger. Flight 721, you are clear for landi....... Look out, balloon! (telegraph.co.uk)		34
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Sybarite		2012-10-01 09:58:07 AM

Your sacrifice this day will not be forgotten.

bdub77		2012-10-01 10:49:13 AM

The Jami Turman Fan Club		2012-10-01 11:29:35 AM

It was a streetlight!

probesport		2012-10-01 11:32:41 AM

Back at base bugs in the software, flash the message something's out there.

Pair-o-Dice		2012-10-01 11:32:58 AM

Over, Over.

JackieRabbit		2012-10-01 11:34:43 AM

Remind me not to travel to Greece until they get redundant power feeds to their ATC facilities. 50 year old technology: how does that work again?

reillan		2012-10-01 11:35:29 AM

Pair-o-Dice: Over, Over.

We have clearance, Clarence

Jiro Dreams Of McRibs		2012-10-01 11:36:49 AM

Abe Vigoda's Ghost		2012-10-01 11:37:42 AM

Could take out all of Europe.

MaliFinn		2012-10-01 11:37:49 AM

Mylar baloons, or whatever, the ones with the metallic coating are a pain in the ass

LesterB		2012-10-01 11:38:19 AM

Wanted for questioning:

i.usatoday.net

hot hot hot

probesport		2012-10-01 11:39:38 AM

MaliFinn: Mylar baloons, or whatever, the ones with the metallic coating are a pain in the ass

You're doing it wrong.

tomWright		2012-10-01 11:40:56 AM

Jiro Dreams Of McRibs: [www.waswatching.com image 290x194]

Checked in for this, leaving satisfied

thefonz37		2012-10-01 11:41:16 AM

Can't seem to find a picture of Mike Ehrmantrout hold some balloons.

Google-fu is weak.

jmadisonbiii		2012-10-01 11:50:33 AM

Epic balloon guy

snocone		2012-10-01 11:50:44 AM

Terrorism is child's play.

And the TSA is a childish response.

snocone		2012-10-01 11:53:14 AM

This is the type of disruption terrorists should/could easily perform.

No airliner hijack needed to terrorise modern society.

Grandemadaca		2012-10-01 11:58:42 AM

Came for the F Troop reference. Leaving satisfied.

tarheel07		2012-10-01 12:00:08 PM

Sybarite: [mmimagessmall.moviemail-online.co.uk image 280x280]

Your sacrifice this day will not be forgotten.

I had to watch Red Balloon every year in French class in elementary school.

Basily Gourt		2012-10-01 12:00:19 PM

Jiro Dreams Of McRibs: [www.waswatching.com image 290x194]

That's what I came in for.

Keep up the good work!

MadMike5200		2012-10-01 12:03:13 PM

Roger Roger. What's your vector Victor?

Steigen		2012-10-01 12:05:45 PM

James May wanted for questioning

WorkingInParadise		2012-10-01 12:08:42 PM

That's right. Dunn was over Unger, and I was over Dunn.

wildcardjack		2012-10-01 12:22:06 PM

Steigen: [i.dailymail.co.uk image 468x286]

James May wanted for questioning

I don't know what the regs are in Europe, but under the FAA regs balloons get right of way.

semiotix		2012-10-01 12:23:15 PM

So that scene in Breaking Bad where the guy lets a bunch of Mylar balloons float up towards some power lines, instantly causing sparks to fly and everything around to go dark... that could work?

/brb, off to commit mayhem
//actually I should probably wait until after sunset

upndn		2012-10-01 12:44:23 PM

Couple years ago had a big blimp over our sales lot. Damn thing was big and very noticeable, cost like $2500.00.

Anyway, one day after adding more helium the salesman did not secure it properly and away it went.

We still talk about the missing blimp and wonder how far it went. That thing could still be riding the jet stream circling the earth.

Kinda glad we didn't have our contact info on it as it probably has caused a couple planes to go down.

opiumpoopy		2012-10-01 01:13:56 PM

JackieRabbit: Remind me not to travel to Greece until they get redundant power feeds to their ATC facilities. 50 year old technology: how does that work again?

Oh, a lot of Europe is like that.

There was a crash in Switzerland a year or two ago when the ATC needed to go for a wee. Technology failure not required for a disaster.

HAMMERTOE		2012-10-01 01:14:11 PM

A Mylar balloon caused a power outage?!? Is insulation on power lines unheard of at airports?

WelldeadLink		2012-10-01 02:03:19 PM

Why are they profiling it as being a helium balloon? That's discriminatory! It could be a hydrogen or methane balloon! They should be calling it a balloon of unknown lifting medium, or a Greece-Balloon object!

The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves		2012-10-01 02:15:45 PM

He's a menace to everything in the air! Yes, birds too!

cptcaveman		2012-10-01 03:19:42 PM

they lost the sweeps, the creeps, and bleeps

OlderGuy		2012-10-01 07:16:46 PM

HAMMERTOE: A Mylar balloon caused a power outage?!? Is insulation on power lines unheard of at airports?

Primary ( high voltage) lines are not insulated.

HAMMERTOE		2012-10-01 07:21:51 PM

OlderGuy: Primary ( high voltage) lines are not insulated.

And a Mylar balloon would short these out?

detritus		2012-10-01 10:10:49 PM

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