Lights in the sky

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Permalink Reply by krazzzman on July 5, 2009 at 12:10am

They were small hot air balloons. They have are about the size of a grocery bag and there is a small wick that you light. It heats up the air and it rises. After a short time it burns out and the bags will fall.

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Permalink Reply by RJE on July 5, 2009 at 9:57am

Thanks for the info. Do you know where to purchase them?

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Permalink Reply by RJE on July 5, 2009 at 10:01am

It would have been nice for them to fly over the parade and not an hour before it started. We were eating lunch in a resturant when they flew over and we missed them. Although they did rattle the dishes.

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Permalink Reply by HANK W on July 5, 2009 at 12:34pm

I though that the Coast Guard fly over during the parade was a great touch. Thank you to the Coasties.

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Permalink Reply by Guido on July 7, 2009 at 1:35am

Lord man you'd better put all the sharp objects in your house away you might hurt someone. I thought I was the most paranoid soul on the face of the earth .. I feel much better now. Don't drive a car!! its a dangerous machine driven by someone far less trained in the safety of even a car than most guys who fly anything like an A-10. And you fly at ground level. more things to hit.

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Permalink Reply by Shoreline Media, Inc. on July 5, 2009 at 12:19pm

http://www.instructables.com/id/Candle-Powered-Hot-Air-Balloon/

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Permalink Reply by RJE on July 6, 2009 at 9:27pm

Thanks for posting that link. We're going to give it a try unless it is illegal.

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Permalink Reply by JMPhilly on July 7, 2009 at 9:31pm

umm...where does the plastic go? Do they just fall back to earth where you let them off at? Just curious. My kids and I make it a point to pick up at least one bag of trash every time we are at the beach (3-4 times a week) and it is DISGUSTING how many balloons(among other things) there are littering our beaches :(

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Permalink Reply by krazzzman on July 7, 2009 at 9:40pm

The ones I saw were made completely out of thin paper and balsa wood. They would decompose very quickly.

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