Stamets@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 years agoFuck the balloon policelemmy.worldimagemessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1663arrow-down117
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minus-squaredgmib@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up61arrow-down1·2 years agoFor the record, yes you need a pilot’s license to fly a hot air balloon. And yes the “balloon police” (aka the FAA in the United States) or their equivalent governing body in other countries will stop you, and fine you.
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up37·2 years agoFAA if you’re lucky. If youre unlucky, the baloon police are an F-16 with a sidewinder
minus-squarertxn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years ago Robert Fulton has entered the chat.
minus-square21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 years agoI wonder if the IR sensor of a sidewinder could get a lock on the heating element of a hot air balloon.
minus-squareDocMcStuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 years agoI don’t know if they can actually stop you. Especially the first time. But they can definitely find you and fine you. A lot. Like more than tree fiddy.
minus-squareIgloojoe@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoYes. They wont kill you and take down your balloon. But you have to come back to land at some point. Then bam! You’re arrested…
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI heard in France the balloon police are armed. With BB guns to take down offenders.
For the record, yes you need a pilot’s license to fly a hot air balloon.
And yes the “balloon police” (aka the FAA in the United States) or their equivalent governing body in other countries will stop you, and fine you.
FAA if you’re lucky. If youre unlucky, the baloon police are an F-16 with a sidewinder
I wonder if the IR sensor of a sidewinder could get a lock on the heating element of a hot air balloon.
I don’t know if they can actually stop you. Especially the first time. But they can definitely find you and fine you. A lot. Like more than tree fiddy.
Yes. They wont kill you and take down your balloon. But you have to come back to land at some point. Then bam! You’re arrested…
I heard in France the balloon police are armed. With BB guns to take down offenders.