Man Trying To Fly Across the Atlantic On Helium Balloons 92
coondoggie writes "f you've ever wondered if you could fly just by holding onto a bunch of helium balloons over your head, well then you might understand where Accenture IT Technical Projects Manager Jonathan Trappe is coming from. Trappe today set out today from Caribou, Maine to cross 2,500 miles of Atlantic Ocean using 370 helium balloons slung under a small gondola. According to a DailyMail.com story, Trappe is relying on state-of-the-art weather data from the meteorologist who advised Felix Baumgartner on his record-breaking skydive from the stratosphere last year. The latest weather reports before the launch suggested winds would take Trappe to western Europe, though the exact destination would be hard to predict."
Update: 09/13 14:08 GMT by S : The attempt is already over and unsuccessful. Trappe landed safely in Newfoundland, saying he was having trouble controlling the balloons.
You can follow his trip on Facebook (Score:4, Insightful)
I can't though, because like any responsible human being, I block Facebook at the DNS level. FFS people, if you make Facebook the new web, I give up all faith I had left in humanity.
waste of helium. (Score:2, Insightful)
really.
Yeah, nice move Accenture... (Score:4, Insightful)
So this guys is wasting one of humankind's most precious resource [dailymail.co.uk] on a useless stunt to promote his company. That's real slick, that.
Note to self: never do business with Accenture.