26
Hot Air Balloon Emergency Landing in my Back Yard by HPerrin Balloons (lemmy.ca)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/FloatingIsFun@fedia.io
3 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

A hot air balloon landed in my back yard. by @hperrin@lemmy.ca : Lemmy, PieFed, YouTube #balloons

a photo of a house on a suburban street, and behind it, a huge hot air balloon large enough to carry 13 people and block the viewer's view of the morning sun
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)

One of the neighbors caught the approach. You can’t see the landing, but you can see them coming in.

https://fox5sandiego.com/news/hot-air-balloon-makes-emergency-landing-in-temecula-backyard/

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] [S] 1 point 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    Oh, thank you! I tracked it down further and found your neighbor's Facebook post.

    There really wasn't any wind at all and they were low on fuel, so I'm impressed the pilot found a place to land. To make the jump, the crew had to refuel the burner and pull the balloon around your house with those ropes.

    I wonder if you could talk the balloon company into a free balloon trip for your trouble. Your house ended up on national news, after all.

    I've only seen an airship landing that close once, and that's because I knew when and where to see it.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent