Balloon chair floats two kilometres up
- 7 years ago
A British adventurer has come back to Earth after drifting ten kilometres across the South African savannah in a camping chair attached to 100 balloons.
This daredevil tied a bunch of balloons to a camping chair and took off over Joburg… https://t.co/FNYga1Pdvz— TFG Escapes Magazine (@TFGEscapes) 26 octobre 2017
Pre-flight preparations
38-year-old Tom Morgan spent two days filling the balloons with helium before taking off.
He reached a height of two and a half kilometres with his improvised aircraft.
After two and a half hours in the air, he landed 24 kilometres away near Johannesburg Airport.
More flying machines
Our Engineering students are taking part in an EDTUK STEM project with RollsRoyceUK. Icebreaker task: make a balloon chair you can sit on! pic.twitter.com/03WoaO9BBq— Rotherham College (@RotherhamColl) 24 octobre 2017
Flying machine #arthistory #leonardodavinci pic.twitter.com/x5WYkn3OIN— Leonardo da Vinci (@ArtistDaVinci) 25 septembre 2017
Pour les avgeeks parisiens, the “Flying Machine” de Ali Cherri à la FIAC Hors les Murs. #FIAC #Paris #Art #Louvre #AvGeek #aviation pic.twitter.com/ho1f2nkfZi— Christophe Robin (XopheRobin) 22 octobre 2017
theresa_may's position is akin to boarding a "flying machine" AFTER it left Bognor Pier, shouting to UK"Join me on the flight" pic.twitter.com/SkrWUxrPIZ— Bryan Smith (BpsmithUk) 26 octobre 2016
Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines ( 1965 ) Movie #acropilot #aviators pic.twitter.com/RtkpCH13CK— Steampunk Agent (@SteampunkAgent) 10 octobre 2017
This daredevil tied a bunch of balloons to a camping chair and took off over Joburg… https://t.co/FNYga1Pdvz— TFG Escapes Magazine (@TFGEscapes) 26 octobre 2017
Pre-flight preparations
38-year-old Tom Morgan spent two days filling the balloons with helium before taking off.
He reached a height of two and a half kilometres with his improvised aircraft.
After two and a half hours in the air, he landed 24 kilometres away near Johannesburg Airport.
More flying machines
Our Engineering students are taking part in an EDTUK STEM project with RollsRoyceUK. Icebreaker task: make a balloon chair you can sit on! pic.twitter.com/03WoaO9BBq— Rotherham College (@RotherhamColl) 24 octobre 2017
Flying machine #arthistory #leonardodavinci pic.twitter.com/x5WYkn3OIN— Leonardo da Vinci (@ArtistDaVinci) 25 septembre 2017
Pour les avgeeks parisiens, the “Flying Machine” de Ali Cherri à la FIAC Hors les Murs. #FIAC #Paris #Art #Louvre #AvGeek #aviation pic.twitter.com/ho1f2nkfZi— Christophe Robin (XopheRobin) 22 octobre 2017
theresa_may's position is akin to boarding a "flying machine" AFTER it left Bognor Pier, shouting to UK"Join me on the flight" pic.twitter.com/SkrWUxrPIZ— Bryan Smith (BpsmithUk) 26 octobre 2016
Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines ( 1965 ) Movie #acropilot #aviators pic.twitter.com/RtkpCH13CK— Steampunk Agent (@SteampunkAgent) 10 octobre 2017