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    The Nazi UFO-Fighting Soviet Megaplane That Never Was

    6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE

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    Image of Michael_GR Michael_GR
    11/09/09

    In reply to The Nazi UFO-Fighting Soviet Megaplane That Never Was
    Just to clear up something, while the Kalinin K-7 is real, the rendering in the images does NOT reflect the actual airplane. It's an imaginary plane based on the look of the K-7, but which is about twice as large as the actual K-7 on every dimension. The real thing had 3 engines on each wing while this one has 8, and there were definitely no fixed, large bore cannons mounted on the top or on the twin pontoons (which had two wheels each, not six pairs). #kalinink7
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    Image of Geoffrey Clouser Geoffrey Clouser
    11/09/09

    In reply to The Nazi UFO-Fighting Soviet Megaplane That Never Was
    Looks like one of the planes from Venus Wars #kalinink7
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    11/10/09

    @Geoffrey Clouser: Oh, it kind of does!

    I love Venus Wars. #kalinink7
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    Image of cletar cletar
    11/09/09

    In reply to The Nazi UFO-Fighting Soviet Megaplane That Never Was
    It looks like the planes from "Shape of Things to Come." #kalinink7
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    Image of TheOrtega TheOrtega
    11/09/09

    In reply to The Nazi UFO-Fighting Soviet Megaplane That Never Was
    How much fuel and runway(besides water) would be needed to keep this thing operational? How could they ever think this type of plane would work? #kalinink7
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    Image of joetato joetato
    11/09/09

    @TheOrtega: It has wings. They are Russian. Therefor: It will fly. #kalinink7
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/09/09

    In reply to The Nazi UFO-Fighting Soviet Megaplane That Never Was
    It's Strategic Bomber Lover Guilio Douhet's ultimate wet dream come to life.

    Nice idea, but highly impractical based on the actual history. Bf-109s and FW-190s would have made short work of something this big and slow. #kalinink7
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/09/09

    In reply to The Nazi UFO-Fighting Soviet Megaplane That Never Was
    I don't know if this behemoth would be much of a match against the Vril antigravity technology appropriated by the Nazis. Perhaps the if the K-7 was piloted by psychic dog heads kept alive in tanks.
    Hmmm. Yes, that makes more sense. #kalinink7
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/09/09

    @Grey_Area:
    Or Yuri the Psychic from Red Alert #kalinink7
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    11/09/09

    @Grey_Area: Only if they were commanded by a hardened veteran two headed dog. #kalinink7
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    Image of cletar cletar
    11/09/09

    @Grey_Area: It's too big, though--you'd need too many dog heads. You'd be better off using a robot with a gorilla's brain--or better yet, a criminal's brain--as a pilot. #kalinink7
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/09/09

    @cletar: You mean the ones from Wings Over the World, headquartered in Basra?
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/09/09

    @cletar: Excellent. Somebody get this man a research grant, pronto! #kalinink7
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    Image of MIster_C MIster_C
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    never forget 10/15/09 the day a 6 year old trolled the whole fucking country. *waves american flag* #balloonboy
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    Alive and at home #balloonboy
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    Let's play "How to justify putting this all over Gawker media":

    io9 - The balloon looks like a UFO.

    Jalopnik - The balloon is a form of transportation.

    Gizmodo - Building it involved technical know-how.

    Jezebel - The kid deserves his 15 minutes.

    Kotaku - Not there yet, but video games rot your brain.

    Lifehacker - The balloon was home made.

    Deadspin - I got nothing.

    OK, I'm done being snarky. #balloonboy
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    10/15/09

    @The Architect of Tartaros: what, no Fleshbot? #balloonboy
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    10/15/09

    @Allen_Richards: Relating a six year old to a sex site didn't seem like a good idea. #balloonboy
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    10/15/09

    @The Architect of Tartaros: Oddly enough, I'm currently having a discussion with someone on the writings of Andrew Vachss concerning pedophiles. This might be Karma's way of telling me not to make light of balloons, boys, and Fleshbot. #balloonboy
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    Image of MIster_C MIster_C
    10/15/09

    @The Architect of Tartaros: the parents were having sex WHILE the kid did it. That way Fleshbot is involved #balloonboy
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    10/15/09

    @MIster_C: Well, that certainly explains what was so important that Dad left the kid to his own devices. #balloonboy
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    Image of MIster_C MIster_C
    10/15/09

    @The Architect of Tartaros: is it always? lol #balloonboy
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    Image of frauginger frauginger
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    Remember on Mythbusters when they tried to tie enough balloons to a toddler to make her fly? It looks a bajillion. I doubt a twenty foot balloon could fly a fourty pound kid that high. I hope.
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    Image of squidink squidink
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    The kid was never in the balloon. Sry. #balloonboy
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    Image of dougr650 dougr650
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    At first I thought this was a horribly misguided PR stunt to promote the release of Pixar's Up on disc. However, given the minor details that the parents had an experimental balloon tethered within reach of their six-year-old, that they were attention-whores on such a grand scale that they would actually consent to appear on the "Wife Swap" reality show, and that they were boneheaded enough to name their kid "Falcon," this looks to be just another case of why some people need to be sterilized immediately and never allowed to have custody of anyone more immature than themselves. #balloonboy
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/15/09

    @dougr650: + many. Hoping CPS steps in here. #balloonboy
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    Image of twonine twonine
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    Flight of the Navigator? #balloonboy
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    Image of aubreyf aubreyf
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    I really hope the kid is okay. #balloonboy
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    That is weird. This crazy guy that kidnapped me said he was from the future and the kid wasn't in the balloon.

    He also said something about trying to stop the LHC. #balloonboy
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