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A hot air balloon landed in my back yard. (lemmy.ca)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/pics@lemmy.world
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Here’s the full video:

https://youtu.be/cQFJYUuw_jo

No one was hurt! :)

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[–] 55 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I've heard a lot of hot air balloon pilots carry a bottle of wine or something with them to help smooth things over with property owners who are unhappy about them landing on their property.

So did you get anything good?

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  • [–] [S] 66 points 6 months ago

    No, nothing like that. I got a really good story and video out of it, which is enough for me. :) I’m really glad he was able to set it down without anyone being hurt.

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  • [–] 28 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Came here to ask this. Growing up we'd have hot air balloons land in our neighborhood pretty frequently, they'd usually have a bottle of wine to hand out.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago

    Yeah our neighbors got one it missed our property line by less than 20 feet. They got a bottle of champagne or wine. But it was provably 30 years ago.

    The funny thing was in the mid 80s, chase vehicles would come down or street all the time and get stuck because it’s a huge circle with no outlet and 4 long cul du sacs along the way, but the maps showed a second outlet road that was never built and blocked off as a fire road.

    They’d blast back up the road once they finally figured it out and have to catch up. This was all way before GPS and cell phones, so if they lost sight of the balloon they’d have to go back to sone office and wait for the pilot to call in.

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