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Guy in Jet Pack over LAX approach
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 4:14 am
by Scudrunner
Someone call Robert Downey Jr and tell him to stop playing with the suit.
https://www.foxla.com/news/airline-pilo ... lax-runway
Re: Guy in Jet Pack over LAX approach
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 1:34 pm
by Colonel
Is that better or worse than the nutbar with the weather balloons tied to the lawn chair?
Re: Guy in Jet Pack over LAX approach
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 3:13 pm
by David MacRay
There has been more than one lawn chair balloon guy.
Re: Guy in Jet Pack over LAX approach
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 6:54 pm
by Colonel
I have to ask. Was one of them you?
If not, why not?
Re: Guy in Jet Pack over LAX approach
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 11:20 am
by David MacRay
I changed my mind about hot air ballooning long before those guys got enough helium. I like to navigate. Control freak I guess.
I was much more amused by the poor guy that did it here a few years ago than the crowd over at AdCanada was. They seemed ready to gather with rakes, torches and forks.
Re: Guy in Jet Pack over LAX approach
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 1:35 pm
by Slick Goodlin
David MacRay wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 11:20 am
I changed my mind about hot air ballooning long before those guys got enough helium. I like to navigate.
A friend of mine was a commercial balloonist for years. It’s always fascinating to talk to him about ballooning because he had far more control over direction than I ever would have expected.