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Re:Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down by USAF by kulahan on Thursday February 16, 2023 @06:17PM (#34828116)
I imagine it would destroy an engine on ingest, but that doesn't mean the plane goes down. They can fly with just one engine. It's hard, and they land ASAP, but nobody dies.
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Re:Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down by USAF by fennecfoxy on Friday February 17, 2023 @10:39AM (#34835871)
Ya but if people are allowed to put up small craft as they please there's a much greater chance of the plane encountering and ingesting another small craft as it gets closer to a location for emergency landing
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