6/21/2005: Upside down balloon

Undertoad · 06-21-2005, 01:32 PM

Mark this down as one of those things that truly did not need doing, but it's nice they did it anyway. This is no fake, this is an upside down balloon.

"It was a tall order, though, in a lot of ways, for example the basket at the top is fake, and there is a real basket underneath, which is hidden by a special skirt that can be lifted as the pilot comes in to land."

full story

wolf · 06-21-2005, 01:35 PM

"Hi, this is our balloon. We built it just to screw with you."

Trilby · 06-21-2005, 01:41 PM

Oh, for the love of...

glatt · 06-21-2005, 01:54 PM

The pilot must have great visibility, hidden behind a skirt. It's like piloting a submarine. Blind.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-21-2005, 01:57 PM

Birthing, but when you lift the skirt full grown people pop out.

BigV · 06-21-2005, 02:52 PM

Don't know why y'all are so freaked out...in my experience every proper landing came after the skirt was raised.

Stonan · 06-21-2005, 04:11 PM

I tried to find out the name but maybe someone here will know. I don't know if they exist but in the movie King Solomon's Mines (1985) they show a tribe of people who are unhappy with the way the world is and therefore live entirely upside down in the hopes of changing it.

Anyone happen to remember it? I think it's Abugwai or Umbugwai...

At least that's what it sounds like....

Happy Monkey · 06-21-2005, 04:42 PM

I don't suppose anyone's heard of Barry Louis Polisar? He's got a song about a kid who walks on his hands "because an angry face is still a smile, when you're living upside down".

capnhowdy · 06-21-2005, 08:38 PM

Never been on or around a balloon. I always thought you RODE instead of PILOTED.
For me to be airborne, I would desire a little more control.
Only been a couple weeks ago I heard a news story where two people were killed on a hot air balloon. I'll just watch them Ride, ahem I mean pilot.

Wombat · 06-22-2005, 01:27 AM

They are piloted not ridden. The pilot changes direction by changing altitude, because air travels in different directions at different altitudes due to the coriolis effect. Obviously the range of possible directions a balloon can travel is limited, it can't do a u-turn and go back the other way.

p.s. cool ballon!

barefoot serpent · 06-22-2005, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wombat

p.s. cool ballon!

No, actually it's a hot air balloon :p

CharlieG · 06-22-2005, 12:19 PM

Heh - just remember - hot air does NOT rise - cold air SINKS, and displaces the hot air up

06-21-2005, 01:32 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	6/21/2005: Upside down balloon Mark this down as one of those things that truly did not need doing, but it's nice they did it anyway. This is no fake, this is an upside down balloon. "It was a tall order, though, in a lot of ways, for example the basket at the top is fake, and there is a real basket underneath, which is hidden by a special skirt that can be lifted as the pilot comes in to land." full story

06-21-2005, 01:35 PM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	"Hi, this is our balloon. We built it just to screw with you." __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-21-2005, 01:41 PM	#3
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Oh, for the love of... __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

06-21-2005, 01:57 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Birthing, but when you lift the skirt full grown people pop out. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-21-2005, 02:52 PM	#6
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Don't know why y'all are so freaked out...in my experience every proper landing came after the skirt was raised. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-21-2005, 01:54 PM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The pilot must have great visibility, hidden behind a skirt. It's like piloting a submarine. Blind.

06-21-2005, 04:11 PM	#7
Stonan Do-er of Deeds Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cloverdale, British Columbia, Canada, Earth, Universe #42 Posts: 41	DANG! I tried to find out the name but maybe someone here will know. I don't know if they exist but in the movie King Solomon's Mines (1985) they show a tribe of people who are unhappy with the way the world is and therefore live entirely upside down in the hopes of changing it. Anyone happen to remember it? I think it's Abugwai or Umbugwai... At least that's what it sounds like.... __________________ Jesus got it wrong by one letter: The Geek shall inherit the earth...

06-21-2005, 04:42 PM	#8
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I don't suppose anyone's heard of Barry Louis Polisar? He's got a song about a kid who walks on his hands "because an angry face is still a smile, when you're living upside down". __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-21-2005, 08:38 PM	#9
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Never been on or around a balloon. I always thought you RODE instead of PILOTED. For me to be airborne, I would desire a little more control. Only been a couple weeks ago I heard a news story where two people were killed on a hot air balloon. I'll just watch them Ride, ahem I mean pilot. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

06-22-2005, 01:27 AM	#10
Wombat (marsupial with backward-facing pouch) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canberra Posts: 251	They are piloted not ridden. The pilot changes direction by changing altitude, because air travels in different directions at different altitudes due to the coriolis effect. Obviously the range of possible directions a balloon can travel is limited, it can't do a u-turn and go back the other way. p.s. cool ballon! __________________ If you don't do it properly, you'll get to the pub sooner.

06-22-2005, 12:19 PM	#12
CharlieG Hoodoo Guru Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 301	Heh - just remember - hot air does NOT rise - cold air SINKS, and displaces the hot air up

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