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FarFarAway ,

I remember this time when a hot air Balloon operator, in the area, crashed the balloon into some power lines and 16 people died. Some people had to be identified by dental records. While he was a registered pilot, his company wasn’t registered with the state.

Don’t fuck with Hot Air Ballons people.

dylanTheDeveloper ,
@dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world avatar

US Airforce

tired_n_bored ,

F-16 and Hawk helicopters:

Snowpix ,
@Snowpix@lemmy.ca avatar

A single monkey with a dart: “I’m aboutta end this man’s whole career”

WolfhoundRO ,

A single sailor with a harpoon gun: “Tally ho, lads!”

frezik ,

There was a guy who did this with a lawn chair and helium ballons. Yes, he did get fined by the FAA.

dQw4w9WgXcQ ,

Reaching almost 5000 meters is very impressive, and I love the plan of popping the balloons with a BB-gun to control the descent. I’m almost annoyed that they fined this unique effort.

Chadus_Maximus ,

I wonder what was the plan in case his gun got jammed.

dQw4w9WgXcQ ,

I don’t think there was a plan B. A lawn chair strapped to 42 balloons doesn’t seem like a project without single points of failure.

byroon ,
  1. I don’t need a license to fly this balloon. I do what I want.
  2. Stupid balloon police chasing my balloon in their stupid police cars.
  3. Check out this move. I fly out over the sea. Balloon police can’t follow me. I am never seen again
GilgameshCatBeard ,

You will have to come down eventually.

xX_fnord_Xx ,

I don’t wanna come back down from this cloud.

JenIsBringingTheDrugs ,

It’s taken me all this time to find out what I need

Fleamo ,

If I’m low on hot air I’ll just invite [local politician] on the balloon! Oh ho ho ho

Coreidan ,

1.). Yes you do it’s called a pilots license.

2.). It’s called the FAA and they will find you quick

Violate some air spaces and the military will be coming for you faster than the FAA will.

Ottomateeverything ,

Yeah, this. FAA does give a fuck. A lot of people fly drones extremely illegally but they’re too small for the FAA to notice or bother with, and most of them can’t get to real dangerous heights anyway. But try flying near an airport and you’ll find out real quick.

I still haven’t figured out if people just aren’t aware that it’s illegal or if they’re just too brazen. I think it’s the former but not really sure.

xX_fnord_Xx ,

So, my hilarious stunt with 40 quad-copters tethered to a lawn chair will go off without a hitch?

Buddahriffic ,

40 red quad-copters floating in the summer sky

xX_fnord_Xx ,

Panic bells, it’s red alert!

spfhaar ,

from me all the FPV pilots I know don’t have the license, because it’s very difficult to do because they are almost all the same things that a real airplane pilot needs to know,

Also I have seen FPV 6S drones at maximum speed even in densely populated areas always exceeding the legal limit of 120m if they had a license

Ottomateeverything , (edited )

First of all, the “licensing” is kinda tough, but I wouldn’t call it “very difficult”. You could learn it all in a few days.

Secondly, you don’t need the “license” unless you’re flying commercially. Flying as a hobby has like a page of material to read and like a 5 question test with a few rules to follow, so that’s far from an excuse.

Thirdly, FPV has probably the hardest rules because you literally can’t see the sky so they require you have someone with you to call stuff to you… Which no one fucking does, so FPV is by far the worst offenders.

Also I have seen FPV 6S drones at maximum speed even in densely populated areas always exceeding the legal limit of 120m if they had a license

This type of shit is why the FAA is forcing regulations across the board, including towards manufacturers, to have tracking on who’s flying what and from where, which is going to start butchering the hobbyist communities. This is fucking brain dead and dangerous and people that do this shit are asking for accidents and the reason why we can’t have nice things.

spfhaar , (edited )

I’m not in the US, I don’t know how FAA operates. In my socially ridiculous country it’s called ENAC and the difficulty is similar to that of a car license in terms of the level of knowledge required, and it’s an infinite bureaucratic stress like any non-mainstream license, only those who do it for work do it.

blackn1ght ,

The FAA are an American organisation that only has jurisdiction in the USA, so no they won’t unless you do it in the USA.

Buddahriffic ,

Though that last paragraph does apply in many places outside the US. Sometimes it’s even the US military responding outside of the US (I mean I assume they protect the airspace around their bases, but I guess I’m not really sure what kind of jurisdiction they’d have just because they have a military base).

altima_neo ,
@altima_neo@lemmy.zip avatar

Didnt work out so good for that Chinese baloon though…

JohnWorks ,

youtu.be/FIXvt9y7ims

Emerald ,

Image Transcription: Meme

  1. You don’t need a license to fly a hot air ballon.
  2. Even if I do, who’s going to stop me? Balloon cops?

[A background image of a yellow hot air ballon]

OozingPositron ,
@OozingPositron@feddit.cl avatar

Relevant.

doctorcrimson ,

They will shoot you down with planes if you fly into the airspace of the state. Generally you can get away with it short term as long as you live a reasonable distance away from an airport, military installation, or weather radar.

Otherwise, sort out your estate before fucking around and finding out with the air authorities.

Existing ,

Relax my guy

doctorcrimson ,

I’m calmly explaining what will happen without any exageration.

frezik ,

I crewed for a hot air balloon place in high school. The wind once blew two balloons right over the airport runways. ATC was not happy, but those things go where the wind takes them.

Of course, those were licensed pilots.

Chickenstalker ,

Most countries require a hot air balloon pilot license. Don’t fuck with the FAA. They will ruin your life.

peopleproblems ,

and if the FAA don’t get you, and you are using radios, the FCC might get you. And if the FCC get you, the FAA get you.

Don’t fuck with the FAA. It’s not a fair fight. And we will lose more and more fun things to do as commercial drones take over.

kamenlady ,
@kamenlady@lemmy.world avatar

What happened to the FBB?

Trashboat ,
@Trashboat@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

The Federal Boobie Bureau? They’ve got better stuff to do

xX_fnord_Xx ,

Indeed; their hands are full.

Trashboat ,
@Trashboat@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Damn I wish I’d used that ahaha

KSPAtlas ,
@KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz avatar

Haven’t they just suffered a major data leak recently?

Phegan ,

All balloon cops are bastards

xX_fnord_Xx ,

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