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Would this be legal in the US?
by jibiki 18y ago
Would this be legal in the US?
- rms 18y agoLooks like it is legal, against my intuition on the matter. From http://vpizza.org/~jmeehan/balloon/ http://vpizza.org/~jmeehan/balloon/: Part 101 of the FAA Regulations covers balloons, kites and rockets. The first section of Part 101 spells out exactly which kinds of devices the rest of Part 101 applies to. Regarding "unmanned free balloons," Part 101 applies if the balloon: (i) Carries a payload package that weighs more than four pounds and has a weight/size ratio of more than three ounces per square inch on any surface of the package, determined by dividing the total weight in ounces of the payload package by the area in square inches of its smallest surface; (ii) Carries a payload package that weighs more than six pounds; (iii) Carries a payload, of two or more packages, that weighs more than 12 pounds; or (iv) Uses a rope or other device for suspension of the payload that requires an impact force of more than 50 pounds to separate the suspended payload from the balloon.
- DanielBMarkham 18y agosure people do this all of the time -- its a neat experiment for kids of any age EDIT: It's even more fun with a lawn chair and a person in it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Walters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Walters
- rjurney 18y agoThere is no limit to the karma you should receive for introducing me to my new hero, Lawn Chair Larry. 'He was immediately arrested by waiting members of the Long Beach Police Department; when asked by a reporter why he had done it, Walters replied, "A man can't just sit around."' What a quote!
- DanielBMarkham 18y agoLawn Chair Larry is the man. What a brilliant yet completely insane idea! I especially like the part (not sure if it was mentioned in the Wiki article) where commercial airliners were reporting a man in a lawn chair at 15,000 feet. I would have loved to be eavesdropping on some of those cockpit discussions. Hey Bob! Say! Is that a man in a lawn chair over there next to that cloud? Whah? If I'm not mistaken, they've started an annual race or something in his name.
- rjurney 18y agoNot only that... but a man in a lawnchair at 16K feet... with a GUN. hahahaha
- donaq 18y agoHe committed suicide at the age of 44 by shooting himself in the heart in Angeles National Forest in 1993. This is a story with a sad ending. I wonder why he did it?
- rjurney 18y agoVietnam Vet, quit his job as a truck driver to be a motivational speaker which didn't work out, girlfriend of 15 years left him, only part-time employed as a security guard. Looks like it was the 'Nam.
- cousin_it 18y agoIllegal in Russia. We can't even buy aerial photography services - no online map of Russia has them. It's sad when your government denies you access to the skies.
- Edinburger 18y agoGoogle Earth provides satellite photography. What am I missing?
- cousin_it 18y agoI said aerial, not space. Of course there's satellite imagery, e.g. our site http://kosmosnimki.ru http://kosmosnimki.ru has it.
- msbmsb 18y agoA lot of google earth imagery is aerial and not from satellites.
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- cousin_it 18y agoRepeating for the third time: No online map has aerial imagery of Russia. Note I said online map, not Google Earth which is a desktop application. (Although it's still true for Google Earth.) Also note I said aerial rather than satellite, and Russia rather than e.g. San Francisco. It amazes me that such a simple sentence has been misunderstood on all three points. A sign of the changing times?
- msbmsb 18y agoEvidently so. Sorry.