A balloon flight with a difference – answers
1 Kent Couch was …48 … when he attempted this balloon flight?
2 His flight took place on .. July 8th 2008.
This is incorrect – the date was actually July 5th 2008.
3 He attached .150.. balloons did he attach to his chair?
4 They were filled with .. helium.
5 He floated … 235 miles
6 The trip took him ……. about 9 hours.
7 He had done …. two previous ‘cluster balloon’ trips before this one.This was his third flight.
8 He described the feeling he had up in the air ….. as really pleasant – serene.
9 The group of people who tend to get into trouble when they attempt these balloon flights are those ….. who know little or nothing about what they’re doing.
10 You don’t need either ….. a licence or a flight plan.
11 Idiotic.
12 Experienced balloonists who know what they are doing.
13 Advertising or promotional purposes.
14 commercially available
15 By popping the balloons with an air gun or by cutting them loose.
16 He became an overnight folk hero.
17 In 1982.
18 42
19 Inspiration 1
20 A power line (he snared a power line)
21 A brief blackout / a power cut.
22 No – he was fined $1500.