Comments on: Is it a bird? Is it a plane? http://www.alongdrive.com/a-long-drive/a-long-drive-sa/brazil/is-it-a-bird-is-it-a-plane/ From Polar Bears to Penguins - Driving North to South across the Americas Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:35:36 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Shreesh http://www.alongdrive.com/a-long-drive/a-long-drive-sa/brazil/is-it-a-bird-is-it-a-plane/comment-page-1/#comment-1272 Shreesh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:23:19 +0000 http://www.alongdrive.com/a-long-drive/a-long-drive-sa/is-it-a-bird-is-it-a-plane/#comment-1272 Fred, I think he did have some way of releasing or popping the balloons but the cold froze his hands. His "aluminum thermal suit" did not prove as effective at conventional high-altitude down clothing. I wonder if the truckers ever got their spiritual rest stop... Fred,

I think he did have some way of releasing or popping the balloons but the cold froze his hands. His “aluminum thermal suit” did not prove as effective at conventional high-altitude down clothing. I wonder if the truckers ever got their spiritual rest stop…

]]> By: Elisabeth Waugaman http://www.alongdrive.com/a-long-drive/a-long-drive-sa/brazil/is-it-a-bird-is-it-a-plane/comment-page-1/#comment-1271 Elisabeth Waugaman Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:32:34 +0000 http://www.alongdrive.com/a-long-drive/a-long-drive-sa/is-it-a-bird-is-it-a-plane/#comment-1271 Thanks for discussing Alberto Santos-Dumont! You can go to www.followyourdreams.cc to get activities for the kids and discover a beautiful, bilingual children's book about him, featured at the Smithsonian Museum of Air and Space, when he was honored on the centennial of his flight of 14bis. Thanks for discussing Alberto Santos-Dumont! You can go to http://www.followyourdreams.cc to get activities for the kids and discover a beautiful, bilingual children’s book about him, featured at the Smithsonian Museum of Air and Space, when he was honored on the centennial of his flight of 14bis.

]]> By: fred http://www.alongdrive.com/a-long-drive/a-long-drive-sa/brazil/is-it-a-bird-is-it-a-plane/comment-page-1/#comment-1270 fred Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:19:32 +0000 http://www.alongdrive.com/a-long-drive/a-long-drive-sa/is-it-a-bird-is-it-a-plane/#comment-1270 The good Rev. Adelir Antonio de Carli should have invested in a BB gun to allow for altitude adjustments. The good Rev. Adelir Antonio de Carli should have invested in a BB gun to allow for altitude adjustments.

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