breaking news: nothing stuck in balloon over colorado

Nothing is floating over northeastern Colorado in a homebuilt balloon and authorities are racing to try and rescue nothing.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/21306839/detail.html

i wonder how this will end...

it ended.. no one in it. kid still missing and evidently his family was on wife swap last year...

I don't know why, but I find this news funny.Nerd_Man

I laughed as well, i hope that doesnt make a bad person :(

I don't know why, but I find this news funny.Nerd_Man

Me too, I wonder what they were going to use it for anyway. :lol:

I feel terrible for falling out of my chair laughing.

Hmn.... Cant realy decide if the kids dad is an complete idiot or the best dad ever...
For one he helps his kid make a dream come true...
On the other he somehow manages to leave him alone with the balloon... And eaven filled it with helium.. Helium for the love of god?! Doesent he know what happaned to the Hindenburg!

Anyways. Hope this turns out ok... And hope the guy learns his leson, but his wife doesent divorce him. Being a kid with divorced parents aint nice =(

And eaven filled it with helium.. Helium for the love of god?! Doesent he know what happaned to the Hindenburg!

chaplainDMK

Evidently you don't either.

[QUOTE="chaplainDMK"]

And eaven filled it with helium.. Helium for the love of god?! Doesent he know what happaned to the Hindenburg!

phillo99

Evidently you don't either.

What the heck was he going to do with that thing anyway?duxup

Get up to 10,000 feet and zoom across the US out of control

So far so good

:P

I'm sure glad I didn't go to class today. Watching this live on tv. Hopefully he'll be alright.

I'm sure glad I didn't go to class today. Watching this live on tv. Hopefully he'll be alright.

nVidiaGaMer

Someone has clearly watched the movie 'UP' far too many times.

Yeah, the UP movie came to my mind too :P That thing looks really weird and it seems to be really ZOOMING. haha.

I hope the little boy is alright after this all over. I am going to make a prediction and say that if and when the child lands (crashes) that child services will be there with open arms.

He's going about 20 miles an hour

In other news he's heading for the airport so thousands of airport goers will now be very angry lol

His parents should be SHOT for letting this happen.

from CNN:

"The boy's family had been building the experimental aircraft at their home on Fossil Ridge Road in Fort Collins, CNN affiliate KUSA reported."

Yea - REAL GENIUSES there letting a 6-year-old play aroudn that thing.

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

I'm sure glad I didn't go to class today. Watching this live on tv. Hopefully he'll be alright.

BradHummr

No he's in some compartment on the bottom of the craft and can't be seen. When I turned to the news channel I thought they were showing some ufo!

His parents should be SHOT for letting this happen.

Netherscourge

I'm pinning a fair share on the kid too

It's not the best situation to be in.

[QUOTE="duxup"]What the heck was he going to do with that thing anyway?Jaysonguy

Get up to 10,000 feet and zoom across the US out of control

So far so good

:P

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

[QUOTE="duxup"]What the heck was he going to do with that thing anyway?Brainkiller05

Get up to 10,000 feet and zoom across the US out of control

So far so good

:P

Not funny at all.

I laughed for like 5 minutes straight :lol:

Okay, this is a little of topic, but can someone answer this question for me?

What is it about balloon-mediated flight that makes it so damn irresistable to idiots? I mean, every couple of years some new moron will be in the news because he made his own hot air balloon or tied a bunch of big helium balloons to a lawn chair, took off, and only realized after hitting 5,000+ feet that he forget to implement controls/a way to get back down.

As for this particular incident, you know the parents were involved in this. I have a hard time imagining that a six year old figured out how to take the craft out of whatever storage it was in and get it operational and flying. All this story does is remind me of how much I hate morons.

Okay, this is a little of topic, but can someone answer this question for me?

What is it about balloon-mediated flight that makes it so damn irresistable to idiots? I mean, every couple of years some new moron will be in the news because he made his own hot air balloon or tied a bunch of big helium balloons to a lawn chair, took off, and only realized after hitting 5,000+ feet that he forget to implement controls/a way to get back down.

As for this particular incident, you know the parents were involved in this. I have a hard time imagining that a six year old figured out how to take the craft out of whatever storage it was in and get it operational and flying. All this story does is remind me of how much I hate morons.

gameguy6700

I fully agree with you.

[QUOTE="Brainkiller05"][QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

Get up to 10,000 feet and zoom across the US out of control

So far so good

:P

nVidiaGaMer

Not funny at all.

[QUOTE="Brainkiller05"][QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

Get up to 10,000 feet and zoom across the US out of control

So far so good

:P

nVidiaGaMer

Not funny at all.

It's hilarious

Also his name is FALCON HEENE

So Falcon is flying uncontrollably over the Denver area now?

Seriously, the story is writing itself

This is kinda funny, but damn he's getting close othe ground, and this thing is moving fast. Hope he ends up okay

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

[QUOTE="Brainkiller05"] :lol: haha But seriously though, what on Earth did he expect to happen. Jaysonguy

Not funny at all.

It's hilarious

Also his name is FALCON HEENE

So Falcon is flying uncontrollably over the Denver area now?

Seriously, the story is writing itself

[QUOTE="Netherscourge"]

His parents should be SHOT for letting this happen.

Jaysonguy

I'm pinning a fair share on the kid too

Give me a break! He's six years old, for pete's sake.

This has to come down to the parents.

Granted, I wish my parents had been cool enough to make me a flying saucer.

[QUOTE="chaplainDMK"]

And eaven filled it with helium.. Helium for the love of god?! Doesent he know what happaned to the Hindenburg!

phillo99

Evidently you don't either.

Bwah sorry :D

Kinda late here and english is not my native language =D

His parents should be shot. This is unbelievably stupid.

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

[QUOTE="Netherscourge"]

His parents should be SHOT for letting this happen.

m0zart

I'm pinning a fair share on the kid too

Give me a break! He's six years old, for pete's sake.

This has to come down to the parents.

Granted, I wish my parents had been cool enough to make me a flying saucer.

Oh I agree, just the name Falcon makes me think that this kid should have been in foster care earlier

At the same time this is on the same level as the "penny in outlet" situations

[QUOTE="m0zart"]

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

I'm pinning a fair share on the kid too

Jaysonguy

Give me a break! He's six years old, for pete's sake.

This has to come down to the parents.

Granted, I wish my parents had been cool enough to make me a flying saucer.

Oh I agree, just the name Falcon makes me think that this kid should have been in foster care earlier

At the same time this is on the same level as the "penny in outlet" situations

Theres a larger picture then that. The kids life is in jeopardy and none of you guys seem to care.

Theres a larger picture then that. The kids life is in jeopardy and none of you guys seem to care.nVidiaGaMer

I'm glad you know what's in my head and all. Someday you'll have to tell me how you do it.

I'm quite concerned about the kid. Children are the one soft point for me in an otherwise clown-filled OT.

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]Theres a larger picture then that. The kids life is in jeopardy and none of you guys seem to care.m0zart

I'm glad you know what's in my head and all. Someday you'll have to tell me how you do it.

I'm quite concerned about the kid. Children are the one soft point for me in an otherwise clown-filled OT.

That still gives you no reason to joke around about it imho.

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]Theres a larger picture then that. The kids life is in jeopardy and none of you guys seem to care.m0zart

I'm glad you know what's in my head and all. Someday you'll have to tell me how you do it.

I'm quite concerned about the kid. Children are the one soft point for me in an otherwise clown-filled OT.

Exactly, well put

100 feet, dropping fast!!!

Serious?! Alright! Is he okay? =O

EDIT: I'm doing school so I can't really go check see for myself.

It sucks that the kid is in danger but, man, this is ridiculous and I lol'd when I first heard about it.