There are also people who send cameras aloft attached to kites. Remember
seeing websites of images captured this way. Actually seems like an
enjoyable endeavor save for the occasional auger in landing.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dirk Wright [mailto:wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 8:50 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] [OT helium balloons] Anyone got a shift lens for sale?
>In a message dated 00-07-07 09:35:00 EDT, you write:
>
>>
>> Or just get a deckchair & tie lots of helium-filled balloons to it.
>>
>
>Believe it or not, this happened in Los Angeles about 15 years ago.
Some
>idiot tied about 8 helium filled weather balloons to a lawnchair to
visit his
>girlfriend in Riverside (about 20 miles away). The radar at Los
Angeles
>International picked him up as he crossed the flight path. Somehow he
was
>able to deflate the balloons enough so he didn't crash land (or maybe
he just
>got rid of enough beer to act as a ballast dump).
>
Of course! that was the reference!
But, I understand that this may be an urban legend. The version I heard
was a little different.
>PS. On the photographic side, there are helium balloon systems with
tethers,
>remote controls and video cameras-connected-to-viewfinder systems for
sale or
>rent. They are often used in real estate photography. I think you'll
find
>them in the back pages of Shutterbug.
>
yes, there's professionals that do this for a living. They use what
amounts to a mini-blimp.
Be seeing you.
Dirk Wright
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