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Would you ... ?

Post by Black Orchid » Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:28 pm

Would you go up in a hot air balloon?

Me? No chance in hell :b

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Post by Serial Brain 9 » Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:22 pm

Something I've never had the urge to do - then there's their landings and other associated crashes in a fiery ball of flames :?
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Post by sprintcyclist » Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:36 pm

No inclination too
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Post by FLEKTARN » Thu Feb 28, 2019 4:06 am

No, but I would stuff Africans inside and shoot the balloon with .22 LR.
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Post by Valkie » Thu Feb 28, 2019 5:52 am

It is a very enjoyable experience.

You float along with plenty of time to actually take in the beautiful scenery.

You are not so high tgat you cannot make out the details, and yet high enough to see more than what you see on the ground.

It's like going to an ever changing lookout.

It's really worth trying.

Millions of flights in the world every day, with only the occasional accident.

You are in far more danger driving a car or eating at a restaurant.
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Post by Serial Brain 9 » Thu Feb 28, 2019 12:57 pm

I’m sure they’re ok. :?

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Post by Black Orchid » Thu Feb 28, 2019 1:16 pm

A bit claustrophobic for my liking.

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Post by Black Orchid » Thu Feb 28, 2019 1:17 pm

Would you go skydiving?

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Again ... no chance in hell for me!

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Post by brian ross » Thu Feb 28, 2019 2:27 pm

As someone I knew in the Army suggested, "what is the point in jumping out of a perfectly good, working aeroplane?"

And he had, as part of his duties, jumped many times from aircraft of various kinds and sizes.

Personally, sky diving doesn't interest me. I had several friends who were interested in it. One had a sister who was a skydiving instructor. She (my friend) went out to skydive the day a skydiver had a "candle" parachute. She still went up and skydived, despite watching them clean the parachutist off the landing ground.

Hot air ballooning? I have done so, once. It was an interesting experience. The worst point was when I realised that I was too tall for the basket and my hair was being singed everytime the pilot lit the burners. I had to slump down to avoid that. I did it over Canberra back in the late 1980s. We nearly crashed into the DFAT building. Nice breakfast afterwards.
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Post by cods » Fri Mar 01, 2019 6:40 am

going up in a balloon was on my bucket list before I retired..

one of our must do thingies never did it though...I love to see them

my son in law works on the RAAF one he loves it....

sky diving not in a pink fit....even the thought of getting on one of those tiny planes sends me into melt down...

nothing adventurous about me I am afraid..

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