Agreed
Is that Salvatore Ganacci?
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For the record, yes you need a pilot’s license to fly a hot air balloon.
And yes the “balloon police” (aka the FAA in the United States) or their equivalent governing body in other countries will stop you, and fine you.
FAA if you're lucky. If youre unlucky, the baloon police are an F-16 with a sidewinder
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That seems like overkill
You DON'T need a license for some types of flight though. Anything under 254 pounds. Ultralights and paragliders. (However that doesn't mean there's no rules)
How do they stop you mid flight though
With helicopter mounted machine guns.
I heard in France the balloon police are armed. With BB guns to take down offenders.
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.
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.
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
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.
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).
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.
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.
Relax my guy
I'm calmly explaining what will happen without any exageration.
Most countries require a hot air balloon pilot license. Don't fuck with the FAA. They will ruin your life.
There was a guy who did this with a lawn chair and helium ballons. Yes, he did get fined by the FAA.
F-22s using missiles
What if you’re not Chinese? Checkmate.
Balloon: *pops
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- I don't need a license to fly this balloon. I do what I want.
- Stupid balloon police chasing my balloon in their stupid police cars.
- Check out this move. I fly out over the sea. Balloon police can't follow me. I am never seen again
You will have to come down eventually.
I don't wanna come back down from this cloud.
It's taken me all this time to find out what I need
If I'm low on hot air I'll just invite [local politician] on the balloon! Oh ho ho ho
But we stole a balloon!
Yeah, on national free balloon day.
A single monkey with a dart: "I'm aboutta end this man's whole career"
A single sailor with a harpoon gun: "Tally ho, lads!"
All balloon cops are bastards
#abcab
My country town is really into ballooning, so there's always a bunch of balloons flying around here and there, so no one would even notice an extra one floating around, unless you were a dick and flying low.
Man, I wish I lived in a country town that's really into ballooning :(
F-16 and Hawk helicopters:
I went in a hot air balloon once. Basically, once you’re up in the air, the wind takes you….where ever. It’s only controllable on one axis at that point. And the flame is fucking hot.
Yeah, I always wondered how the fuck you don't crash into a building, forest or get swept out to sea. I guess you just pick really still wind days.
I think the main way is by not launching upwind of buildings, forests, or the ocean. And don't launch when a weather system is coming in that would change wind patterns. Wind is usually fairly predictable.
US Airforce
'member chinese spy balloon?
👀
And the maniacs shooting at it? First thing I thought of.
“Weather station”
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.
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You don't need a license to fly a hot air ballon.
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Even if I do, who's going to stop me? Balloon cops?
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Didnt work out so good for that Chinese baloon though...
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Just remember the bottle of wine for whoever owns the land you fall onto
Spoken like someone who never had an NES.
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The F-22 was designed for nothing else.
You gotta come down some time.
