American floats across channel tied to helium balloons

[turbobloke]

Why not.

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[Mojocvh]

Yes.

No doubt the non jobber pc H&S elite will have something to say but he broke no laws (in fact was VERY clear on that in his interview) and really stuck two fingers up to them.

Well Done.

[anonymous-user]

"He has made it... across the channel at least. #balloonman is now over the French countryside at 2,000ft at 19mph."


Holy st!! Well done.

[nelly1]

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[cs02rm0]

RyanAir's shares must be plummeting now.

[DonkeyApple]

turbobloke said:

Why not.

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He seems a lot smarter than his fellow countryman who was one of the earliest winners of a Darwin Award

[Jimbeaux]

anonymous said:

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Nah, why do that when they could probably get a free plane ticket.....1st Class if they have enough kids and are unmarried.

[Olf]

He's got nowt on the two east german families who built their own ballon from scratch and flew to the west...

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=m9UDAAAAMBAJ&am...

[Halb]

nelly1 said:

anonymous said:

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That's what I thought of as well
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/10186819.s...
Great story.

[Baby Huey]

There was a chap who turned up on the Kent coast not so long ago who had crossed the channel on a pallet. I think that is a greater acheivement.

Well done balloon mentalist.

[Halb]

Baby Huey said:

There was a chap who turned up on the Kent coast not so long ago who had crossed the channel on a pallet. I think that is a greater acheivement.

Well done balloon mentalist.

Paddling over a relatively small area of water as opposed to floating over 1000s of miles? Or was it an illegal and you were taking into account his whole trip from Mogadishu?

[sheps]

Who floated over 1000's of miles?