On Thu, 16 Apr 2015 22:22:51 -0500, "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote:
>When I was in junior high we used to make hot air balloons out of tissue
>paper, but we never sent any aloft with a flame under it, because there was
>no telling where it would land. Some of these balloons were 8-9 feet tall,
>and if the tissue paper ignited, it looked a small-scale Hindenburg
>disaster. The hazards of sending an open flame adrift are highlighted by
>what happens when a sky lantern lands atop bales of plastic at a British
>recycling center.
My dad and I built ours out of a plastic drycleaners bag and a cross
beam of balsa wood holding a couple candles. Didn't get a lot of
altitude, and a crosswind tilted it enough that a hole melted in the
bag. Oh, the humanity...
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