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Re: $2 a kilogram ?

At 12:25 PM 2/10/02, Herb wrote:
... why does Macy's fill their Thanksgiving Day parade
balloons with helium under a pressure that is greater than the
atmospheric pressure?

Herb Gottlieb from New York City
(The home of the annual Macy parade)


Hehe...someone should have mentioned this to the folks who did a trial of
an inflatable airplane for the US Army. They insisted on overpressurizing
it (slightly!)


Brian Whatcott
Altus OK Eureka!