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Damocles
08-21-2006, 08:03 AM
Anybody ever ride in one of these? Is it worth the bucks I'll need to throw down to take an early morning ride with breakfast served? How much would I need to throw down?
DigitalDave
08-21-2006, 08:24 AM
Damo, I launched one before, but didn't ride in it. My mother rode in it and I helped the crew get it off the ground. It was during the HOF festival, and there were a lot of other balloons being launched, and she won the ride. So I can't give you an idea of the price, but she said she loved it, and would have paid to do it if she had to.
uscitizen
08-21-2006, 08:33 AM
Do you just have to put a radio playing Fox News under the opening to inflate them ?
Damocles
08-21-2006, 08:43 AM
Do you just have to put a radio playing Fox News under the opening to inflate them ?
No, the hot air actually has to be present, it can't be replicated.
uscitizen
08-21-2006, 08:55 AM
Damo, why then are not hot air baloons the primary mode of transportation in Washington DC ?
Damocles
08-21-2006, 08:59 AM
Damo, why then are not hot air baloons the primary mode of transportation in Washington DC ?
Because the wind vortex makes travel outside of the D.C. area impossible...
uscitizen
08-21-2006, 09:04 AM
good point, the updraft there must be horrendous :)