Monday, September 26, 2011
Flying high in the sky with my beautiful balloon
Here’s a novel way to save on your young driver car insurance costs – travel by helium balloon.
American pilot Jonathan Trappe has proved that it can be done and has carried out two epic journeys powered solely by wind and the lift of a multitude of colourful balloons.
Last year he crossed the English Channel and his most recent trip saw him crossing the Alps in a 12-hour journey which covered 94 miles.For the mountain crossing he used 54 balloons which allowed him to have one of the best views imaginable of the sun rising over the Alps as he drifted in silence at 15,000ft.
Setting off from Gap in France and landing near to the Italian town of Andezeno, the daredevil flyer said, “I would have probably died had I come down while flying over the Alps in the dark.
“Not just because it was dark, but because the terrain is so rugged there would be no place to land.
Adding, “The experience was just amazing though and it goes to show you can accomplish your dreams.”
The video of his ballooning experience does look amazing and I guess he was lucky to have had such a perfect day, but I don’t think I’ll be swapping my nice warm car any time soon for a bunch of balloons and a harness, no matter what the savings would be on motoring costs.
Image © katerha via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: helium balloon, motoring costs, young driver car insurance
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posted by Fuse @ 12:53 AM 
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