PHOTOGRAPHS of German Heinkel III aircraft, shot down recently, reveal the fact that these machines are fitted with a balloon cable fender not very different from designs tried by both sides during the latter part of the War of 1914-18. It consists of a metal rail, V-shaped in plan form...
Biden had been inclined to down the balloon over land when he was first briefed on it on Tuesday, but Pentagon officials advised against it, warning that the potential risk to people on the ground outweighed the assessment of potential Chinese intelligence gains. The public disclosure of the bal...
I turn the balloon over so I can see the spot where the ear twist pulls the two pieces together (still with me) now push the ear twist up and pull the two longer pieces down and together forcing the ear twist into two equal parts. The ear twist now looks like a U, grab both side...
As we shared early Friday,the path of the Chinese balloon that's expected to have been used to spy crossed the entire state of Missouriincluding air bases and sensitive sites. Saturday afternoon, the spy balloon was shot down by the US Air Force. Brad Panovich shared video on Twitter of 2...
the lower point of the string stays at the same altitude, that's how you can figure out the trick : the string is a sequence of small segments, the points joining the segments are moving exactly as the balloon, but with a delay that increases the further down the wire the point is. ...
Well, this would be an interesting development if it proves to be true. There is a report that one of the 3 recent UFO's that were shot down by the United States Air Force may have been an Illinois hobby club's balloon.
Representative Ryan Zinke of Montana:"Shoot. It. Down. The Chinese spy balloon is clear provocation. In Montana we do not bow. We shoot it down. Take the shot." "I would rather take the balloon down gracefully so the gear and tech can examined. However, I bet the payload is set to...
The sling shot is either hand-held (above, left) or a 3 person device (above, middle). Two people hold the band, stretching it taut, while the third person holds the balloon pouch, loads the water balloon, and releases. Theoretically, one person could use the 3 person launcher by ...
After 5 minutes or so we were up, and finally, I was in the shot that I had been seeing for years. Balloons and amazing landscape in every direction, the sun bursting past the horizon and I was loving it. The next 60 minutes disappeared in a heartbeat....
“It’s illegal to shoot down anything outside of that 12-mile coastal range. That’s the reason I’m told they did not shoot it down near the Aleutians,” Griffin added, referring to calls on the right that the balloon should have been shot do...