Flying House
Floats over Los AngelesEnglish language level: CEF `B!
A team of scientists, engineers, and two balloon pilots have successfully launched an 18′ tall 'balloon house' from a private airfield east of Los Angeles. Using 300 weather balloons, the 16' x 16' building set a new world record for the largest balloon cluster flight ever attempted. The entire experimental aircraft was more than 10 stories high. It reached an altitude of over 10,000 feet.
The house flew for approximately one hour.
16' = 16 feet Convert to feet/yards metres
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A flying house? What about a flying monkey? Or a man flying in a garden chair?
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