You’ve seen the story of Larry Walters, who achieved an altitude of 16,000 feet with a cluster of balloons. Did you know that Cluster Ballooning is now an extreme sport? John Ninomiya is the only regularly active cluster balloonist in North America, and there are about a half-dozen others worldwide.
Cluster balloons, like all balloons, are aircraft that require skill and training to operate safely. Before I began flying cluster balloons, I was an FAA-licensed hot-air balloon pilot and had over four-hundred hours of pilot time in conventional hot-air balloons and Cloudhoppers. These skills are not rocket science, but they are NOT something you're going to figure out on your first flight while you're drifting toward the high tension lines and imminent crispy-critterhood! Fly safely!
Link -via Ursi’s Blog
Damn that's sweet! I tried many times to do this as a kid, never made it off the ground though. Also tried to get my cat to do this, didn't work very well either.
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I did not know that people actually did this. I have always wanted too, but I didn't think it was possible!
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I wonder how much the helium (or hydrogen) for all those balloons cost? And the balloons themselves? I'd try it ...
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I wonder does he use a bb gun or a slingshot to get back down?
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