How soon till the FAA puts a stop to this?

Ns1

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Originally posted by: Flammable
didnt they already ban it. it was on mythbusters....

yeah and they used WAY MORE than 105 balloons with a 20 pound kid.
 

Hecubus28

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He got fined for it.

Walters had surprised an airline pilot, who radioed the control tower that he had just passed a guy in a lawn chair. Walters paid a $1,500 penalty for violating air traffic rules.
 

Kadarin

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Air traffic rules exist for a reason. However, I'm not totally against this, so long as these people don't put anyone else in danger.
 

OutHouse

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why would it be illegal? Hot air balloons are ok to fly so why cant a guy in a lawn chair?
 

Toasthead

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Originally posted by: Hecubus28
He got fined for it.

Walters had surprised an airline pilot, who radioed the control tower that he had just passed a guy in a lawn chair. Walters paid a $1,500 penalty for violating air traffic rules.

That was the ORIGINAL guy...there was nothing in the aritcle about the current guy getting fined.
 

mundane

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George Bluth Sr. attempted this too, to escape from his house arrest. Didn't work too well.
 

Linflas

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As long as he doesn't "balloon" in a TCA (terminal control area) then what is the problem? The original guy got fined because he did his ballooning in airspace he was not supposed to be in.
 

AMCRambler

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"TRASHBAGS! TRASHBAGS! I NEED TRASHBAGS!!!!" </murdoch>

That was a great episode. Hannibal pretends to be a gay barber and acts as B.A.'s sign language translator! Too funny.