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Heliplane
29th Apr 2009, 10:07
Did anyone see the (unteathered) hot air balloon over NW London this morning?
It (appeared) to be floating in a north-westerly direction at about 7.30am - I'd estimate approximately over Hampstead Heath.
GroundedSLF
29th Apr 2009, 10:34
No - I did not
LateFinals
29th Apr 2009, 11:04
Nor did I. but I did see a big pointy metal thing in the sky, could have been a plane.....:rolleyes:
percy prentice
29th Apr 2009, 11:32
This story has been blown up totally out of proportion, it was a Hungarian registered balloon. HA-PPY40TH according to the Mirror
beatnik
29th Apr 2009, 12:44
A balloon story that was "blown up" out of proportion....
That tickled me.
So it was a whole lot of hot air then?
Nik
Heliplane
29th Apr 2009, 12:54
It had "Happy Birthday" written on the side and what looked like a UK phone number.
Strange thing to see over central London.
Hillarious responses though, really!
airborne_artist
29th Apr 2009, 14:15
a big pointy metal thing in the sky, could have been a plane.....
Planes are not normally very pointy, and they don't have good aerodynamic properties:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/414KA40RFNL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
Time to go to Specsavers, perhaps?
TrafficPilot
29th Apr 2009, 16:07
:D@ airborne_artist (http://www.pprune.org/members/89209-airborne_artist)
hatzflyer
30th Apr 2009, 12:06
Did it burst their airspace?