Hot Air Balloon Gifts

ever vigilant says:

Osama: nonsense; plane: nonsense. All was different. In some years we will get to know it.

Socrates says:

Your drop is dependent on how long the ribbon takes to hit the ground, so we'll focus on that first.

Use the equation s = (1/2)g t^2 (s equals one-half g times time squared). This tells you how far a object will drop after time t if dropped.
s = distance traveled (s for scalar) in meters
g = acceleration of gravity near Earth, 9.8 meters per second squared.
t = time in seconds

Plug what you know for the values and solve for t. s = 50. Once you have t, you can solve the horizontal part of the problem.

Ask yourself, if the balloon travels 15m in 1 second, how far will it travel in t seconds? Think of these as equivalent fractions.
15/1 = x/t where x is the distance the balloon travels in t seconds. Now, plug in t, solve for x. This tells you that you should drop the ribbon when the balloon is x meters from the target.

But the question asks how long should the balloonist wait before dropping the ribbon. In other words how long does it take to travel 100 – x meters? Use equivalent fractions again.

15/1 = (100 – x) / t. Plug in x and solve for t. There's your answer!

BTW If the wind was blowing this fast this low to the ground. I wouldn't be flying in the first place!

lovelive says:

such great heights by the postal service…or just anything by them.
baby we're invincible by a rocket to the moon
sunset, 1989 by swimming with dolphins

steve says:

I have to say, that here in San Miguel there is also a hot air balloon, which you can see if you are up at
7 or 8 in the morning (most here are still sleeping off the night's drinking; of course, not me! Really!)

But it's dirty. I mean, all the photos we've seen– in our lives, of Hot Air Balloons.. they are all brightly colored, awesome things. Of course they must get dirty, at some point… but we never see that.

Maybe there is no laundry machine big enough to service these balloons. Maybe they get dirty because there is FIRE inside of them?

have you often EVER seen a dingy Hot Air Balloon? No, you haven't. (Except at
an underfunded childrens' theme park. But, you know…)

oh, dear, I've gone on too long, and made some more enemies!

sr

Warbird Pilot says:

Depends on the pilot and experience of the crew. The medium sized ballons are about 7 tons of mass — I've seen them drag around a 2 1/2 ton van like it was nothing.

For a champagne flight, early morning, we used about 4 knots as the max.

Nigel8ball says:

Goes to show how many ways this joke can be told.
This is the way I have it:

"The Lost Pilot”
There was a pilot flying a small single engine charter plane, with a couple of very important executives on board. He was coming into the Seattle airport through thick fog with less than 10 miles visibility when his instruments went out.
He began circling around looking for a landmark. Finally, a small opening in the fog appears and he sees a tall building with a guy working alone on the fifth floor. He banks the plane around, rolls down the window and shouts to the guy, “Hey where am I?”
The man replies, “You’re in an airplane.” The pilot rolls up the window, executes a 275 degree turn and proceeds to perform a perfect blind landing on the airport runway five miles away. Just as the plane stops, so does the engine as the fuel has run out.
The passengers are amazed and one asks how he did it.
“Quite easy,” replies the pilot, “I asked the guy in that building a simple question. The answer he gave me was 100 percent correct but absolutely useless, therefore, that must be the Democratic Support Office and from there the airport is just five miles due East.”

Like I said, it gets around a little differently but the punch line is about the same.
Have a great Mother's Day.
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