- Why not? Too heavy, the laws of gravity, normally fixed to the ground with cement
- What do you need to make a house fly? Enough weather (helium) balloons to support the weight
- What problems do you need to figure out? How many balloons you need, the wind, possible obstacles
True or False
- a) the length of the house was 60 feet False: 16 feet
- b) the width of the house was 16 feet. True
- c) it weighed around 200 lbs False 2,000 lbs (907 kilos)
- d) It took two weeks to build. True
- e) nothing was built in advance False (most of it was built in 2 week period)
- f) the house floated over Los Angeles for 2 hours. False - 1 hour
- g) it was the largest balloon cluster flight ever. True
Vocabulary
- Fill in the gaps using the words below
- Without ballast a balloon will be unstable.
- Both the crew were experienced balloon pilots.
- The aircraft was ten stories high
- They needed to figure out how many weatherballoons they needed.
- Engineers worked on the rigging before the flight.
- It flew to an altitude of 10,000 feet.
