Real Life Version Of Pixar's Flying Balloon House


National Geographic actually created a real-life version of Pixar's animated hit film Up.

The National Geographic Channel and a team of scientists, engineers, and two world-class balloon pilots successfully launched a 16' X 16' house 18' tall with 300 8' colored weather balloons from a private airfield east of Los Angeles, and set a new world record for the largest balloon cluster flight ever attempted. The entire experimental aircraft was more than 10 stories high, reached an altitude of over 10,000 feet, and flew for approximately one hour.

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6 comments:

Mona Zenhom said...

This is awesome in the truest sense of the word. I can't wait to show my kids.

Simon Leong said...

wow! :-)

Maia said...

OMG, that is amazing!!! Where was this done?

Yasmine Zalek said...

I know right?!
It was done in an air-field in Los Angeles...

Danielle said...

Just Amazing! Wow.. This really makes me smile.

moustachic said...

this is freakin awesome!
one of my faves movies haha xx

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