How One Man Flies Hundreds of Miles Using Balloons
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2020
- Remember when Carl tied all those balloons to his house in the Pixar movie “Up” and flew? Jonathan Trappe does that in real life. He attaches helium balloons to office chairs, gondolas, boats, even little houses, and he goes flying. Trappe has crossed the English Channel and soared over the Alps. He’s witnessed spectacular sunsets and glorious moonrises. Here’s how a guy who is an IT consultant by day made his wildest childhood dream a reality.
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Everything fun and games until an Asian Boy Scout sneaks inside your house.
Medz Amores 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
xD
With dog 🐕 😅
@@nandini45 and a massive bird
@@nandini45 a talking dog, that is
Everybody gangsta until Russell comes outta nowhere
Sacred minotaur 73 like 52 mins ago here before this blows up
Yos yos
Russell is there he’s just older 2:56
@@onetao3645 lol that's Japanese comedian named Degawa
カチャマル he was just joking.
This Guy took the movie “UP” literally.
Yes
Sure did lol
He said he did this before the movie...
Yea Ik, I’m just saying he took it literally.
@@HandledToaster2 But he said UP has inspired them to make that house. I am confusion.
Can we take a moment and appreciate the fact that the balloons are biodegradable? Thats awesome.
Agreed. When they were shown clipping away the balloons during landing, I just thought UGH NO, but the later explanation was helpful. A good way to do it!
So you took what he said as truth? Do you know the government also said that we were safe from Covid-19 and that there's no such thing as aliens or your mom?
James Howlett listen, listen, i see what youre sayin but this guy flies over countries in containers carried by colorful balloons as a hobby is probably not super interested in polluting the planet.
@@jameshowlett5492 Did you know...that none of us give a damn 😂😂😂
Yessss
The *ANXIETY* I feel when he just casually sits on the edge of the basket makes my stomach curl.
curl -k anxiety.com
Same bruv
Same
too
Don't worry he clutched the gulag
I see Disney turned another movie into a live action remake
Coming out 2021
Seriously though, he kinda does looks like Carl.
He said that he was inspired by them for the house so it's the other way around.
How to remake UP on real life
isn’t it pixar who made up?
imagine him in older age "back in my days, i flew around the world with balloon inside small house, you kids would never understand the struggle with your jetpack and flying car"
LMAO UNDERRATED-
That would be comedy in the future
"its to lead an interesting life it enriches my life to look back and reflect on what we have accomplished i have all those moments as prized memories as prized memories to keep me warm in my old edge" i love it
I wonder if he ever flew to Paradise Falls
Face of Impending Doom hm.
I wish he threw a paper air plane
😆
@Luca Magistro r/woooosh
So did he ever meet a boy scout, a rainbow bird, a talking dog, an old man with an army of talking dogs with a blimp in a cave?
Only his memories know for sure. 🎈
It's called a snype.
That's on his bucket list 🎈🚀
Fantastic. The only thing I'd be terrified about is if an aircraft flies straight through the balloons.
That wouldn’t happen because you have to tell the aircraft force where you’re heading and what route so that it will make it safer for airplanes and for people that do these types of stuff. Meaning that he wouldn’t see planes in his way because his route is already reserved for him.
Very little chances of it happening because of coordinating with air traffic control and FAA
As a professional pilot, anybody who is operating an aircraft would not miss 300 colorful balloons directly in their flight path and run into them.
Hey you guys never know some dummy out there isn’t watching their jet.
@@captclyde7233 Then how come you can collide into other planes while in flight?? 🤨
Lmao at 2:50 🤣 Imagine walking out your house going to work and you see a bunch of balloons carrying a small rainbow colored house. Then you walk back inside and grab another cup of coffee cause you feel your not really awake yet 🤔🤣😭
His happiness and the way he talks about his passion is contagious.
I agree. It makes me cry in a happy way
th-cam.com/channels/aOViQNAoo-8qB-N3YA4Umw.html
Just trying to help this old man's dream.
*Location of Paradise falls*
(N 34° 12' 51.8616", W 118° 54' 37.8612") on the map.
It's not as great as the Paradise falls in the movie
there's a lot of crocodiles there
@@theevildude154 There are crocodiles in California?
the waterfalls of paradise are in Venezuela in a national park which has the largest waterfalls in the world
Hahahahahaha
I guess this is where the world's dwindling helium supply has been going
Well, I'm not upset...
Shit comment sir. Back to bed
@@masterkush8262 l.m.a.o
@@masterkush8262 it's a perfectly valid comment. Helium is being wasted en masse here when it's needed for scientific and medical uses like MRI machines.
@@rosco77365 But the medical grade helium has to be 99.9999% pure, whereas the "balloon grade" is just 99%, or even less -- which means "balloon grade" helium does NOT qualify for medical use.
This guy is living his childhood dreams. Memories that's what matters.
This is literally all my childhood phobias in one: heights, popping ballons, and lack of oxygen
I can relate to the last and first one, but not balloons popping
This man made *UP* into a real thing
💯
Indeed
@@mickadile6275 Indeed Indeed
I Love that Movie.
Kke
Kinda hurts to see my childhood dream being fulfilled by someone else
Perhaps look into ultralight aviation. I, personally, would like to start to seriously look into paramotoring.
Update: his house made it to Paradise Falls
2:56 guys it’s Carl and Russell
Hahahahahahahahhahahahahahaha
Lol didn't realize it until now
Fucking hilarious
i was expecting the background music to be the "Up theme song", I was dissappointed.
Exquizet copyright ,Disney isn’t afraid to strike anything and everything sadly .
@@dkaloger5720 they can just use covers, like piano's.
I was expecting disappointed I was disappointed
@@wick-pubgm8490 Copyright system on TH-cam is broken
Dkaloger isn’t it Pixar
Some person : movies aren't real
Dude flying in the freaking house : *Hold My Balloons*
He really has so much trust on his rig that he doesnt even wear a parachute 🤣
Literally Up in real life
Yep
FInger ing
It even looks like the house
Literally says this in the fucking video.
Yes, the Russ Meyer's 1976 movie
1980s: "A man has taken his chair into the sky!"
2009: "A man attempts to take his house to Paradise Falls.."
2020: "A man has brought his chair and house and boat into the sky!"
Hello everyone, This is YOUR Daily Dose of Internet
Later
I hope I made your day just a little bit better
Ill see you guys very very soon .. later !
Shut up
Pog?
My Father is actually a good friend of Jonathan and In 2008 or 2009 when I was 2 or 3 he flew up in his office chair up in the sky with balloons and its the most earliest memory I have, what a great memory
Everybody gangsta till the bird doesn’t see the balloons.
Copy bruh!
jack Danyalds oh really? Cuz I made this one up but maybe there was another one similar to this. Idk
@@jackdanyalds5885 ah, maybe you just saw his comment twice
LoL....i just hope he has a parachute with him....gotta be prepared for anything 😂
I was expecting "Married life" as background music and was greatly disappointed
It’s probably copyrighted :(
You think Disney would ever allow that...
Wow! "Up" was such a great movie....I didn't think this was actually possible. Wonderful
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Reminds me of the guy that brought his whole living room, TV included, and flew with it using paraglider. awesome
Russell: It’s free real estate
"Why do it? To have all those prized memories to keep me warm in my old age. "
I grew up with adults with no hobbies but living life miserably but doing drugs and drinking even after working, so I grew up thinking adult life is always going to be tragic and boring like that. But as I grow older and see these adults with such wonderful hobbies and dreams and achieving them even with a day job gives me hope for when I grow older.
His kids and grand kids will hear a lot of great stories!
I love that he shows and tells that he did things responsibly (or as safe as he could get) and doesn’t just do this frivolously
Hey, they made the movie UP in real life!
This house is so amazing. I wish they make the concept into a movie
The one and only bucket list for me. Absolutely breathtaking. After doing this I would be glad to have lived.
*Pov your a passenger on a plane and your pilot is speaking*
Pilot: ok everyone on the right you will see the beautiful clouds and ocean
Pilot: on the left you wil see a crazy man in a flying balloon house
😱
Honestly this is so inspiring, I’d like to earn enough to have an interesting hobby like that
That thing he says about no sound, yeah. That shouldn't be taken for granted. Silence is precious. Not everyone gets to experience it.
"Im flying my chair!"
_I thought i would never hear that in my life!_
This madlad takes *"UP"* reality.
Me when watching the first 5 seconds of the video:
damnnn...
Me seeing him casually have his legs just hanging over the edge:
*pure anxiety*
Man up boi
I feel you
Hell yeah dude, I hope one day I can find a hobby that makes me this happy
He is some manager at an IT Forum but still follows his dreams. 😛 Huge respect for him.
Thanks for making a five minute video. The one-minute videos often barely scratch the surface of the subject and leave me wanting more and unsatisfied. This covered the subject well and I'm satisfied.
Pilot: So what do you fly? A Boeing?
This guy: H O U S E
Pilot: 👁👄👁
Man...you are so great. My mind was just blown away. Loved this video. And it's really horrifying to imagine controlling all the things by yourself but it's also beautiful from up there.♥
Love it...got a quesy feeling when he is sitting on the edge. That movie is wonderful and makes me cry. What an adventure. Crazy but wow.
A priest in Brazil decided to do the same thing a few years ago. They are still trying to find the body.
Correction : they found the body. Also, not a few years ago, that was in 2008. Jeez, I'm getting old.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelir_Ant%C3%B4nio_de_Carli
I read the first two sentences and I laughed, forgive me.
Jeez, what they found was lower half of his bod
Wow, that's so sad! I wonder why his body was in half. I guess he... what, fell from the sky?? Onto a rock or something? He radioed in that he was lost over the ocean, but... I can't figure out how he would have been split in 2.
@@jennhoff03 something was hungry?
@@rocknrollrat2344 i laughed forgive me
The world: Is running out of Helium!
This man: Anyways, I started flying
The US government has enough reserves of helium for over a century, but it's heavily regulated.
The boat as the platford is OP. Best move ever. Ready to land on sea or land
You must be the MOST relaxed person on the plant with those views and peace n quiet.
Wish i could go and do this 😊
If we depleted all our helium, we know now who's to blame.
I was thinking that because we have a limited supply of helium. I think it comes out of the ground at some place in Texas or something
People : animated movies are for kids
*shows UP*
Me : would you like to repeat what you just said?
What a cool concept. Some animation studio should definitely use this as inspiration for a film
Bring me to tears of happiness... For I'm big fan of Up movie... Been watching it for million times...
Me: Scared to go on a gondola
Him:
Edit: Thank you sooo much for 41 likes!
Gondolas do be scary tho
phoebe phoebe depends. It was meant to be a joke, but ski gondolas are not. High ones are.
@@eitanpaster5692 idk I only went one one when going to a glacier and it was super high and windy so it shook and stuff.
ahhbh but gondolas in english are the ones that accompany you on the edge of mountains ?
I thought you were talking about the Venetian Gondola :')
phoebe phoebe wow!
man when i see the pictures of him sitting at the doorway while hes up in the air is feeding my anxiety of heights
So many balloons. They are safer than hot air balloons
Wait they are?
@@stpidstuff No - They are not safer. The risks are different. It's apples and oranges.
@@somerandomnification ah ok. Then why'd he say they're safer?
@@stpidstuff Sorry - I didn't hear Jonathan say they were safer. When did he say that? He would know better than I would.
The reason I mentioned apples and oranges is that there are differences in the way that cluster balloons, hot air balloons and gas balloons are flown - They all have their own idiosyncrasies. I'm basing that partly on things that I learned from a talk he gave on the history of lighter-than-air flight about 15 years ago, so I'm surprised to hear he made that kind of absolute statement.
@@somerandomnification no, the guy in the comment were having this discussion on did
This is just so amazing! Dreams do come true and indeed anything is possible.
Whens he sending my letter from Paradise Falls
Bwahahaahahhha
3:56 Proud Hindenburg pilot taking off from Germany, 1937 (colorized)
“Man uses up last supply of helium to fly in his house”
wow this is the thing i didn't realize i wanted until now
When you have a fear of heights and can't relate
Everyone is a helium balloon flyer until David Blaine in
Such a pure soul!
this would be a great idea for a movie one day
Oh man, you made the childhood engineering real. Anyone with me? Let's fly........
Imagine seeing a dude fly by your house in a balloon
So long boys! I'll send you a postcard from paridise falls.
So this was not a dream! It's TRUE!! Well done man! You made my childhood come back ❤❤
I would like to fly with him in his floating house before my last 99 years left to live...
The big question : did Russel show up and is the earth round or flat?
3:02 I thought he was about to step on toy planes and i was like 😬😂
TH-cam recommending the movie UP
... Circle of life
Mr Beast, king of money: Failed
Some random guy: Easy!
I wish I had a large slingshot!
Dude is living everyone's dream.
Splendid! Colorful! A house above the clouds!
I never say this cause I hate everything but this is really magical.
hate everything...come on man open the door let a little bit of love in...cheers have a blessed day!!!
So turns out David Blaine just copy this guy!!
imagine flying a plane and just seeing this guy in his house waving at you
It's always our childhood movies that inspire us to chase our dreams just like they inspired this man fly himself to the skies an idea he was inspired from Up !
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Chase your dreams, never let your imagination cease and reach for the skies !
lmao why didnt david blaine consult this guy lol
I’m glad he uses biodegradable balloons, but there’s a helium shortage.
It's a man made shortage caused by government regulations.
So adventurous...that's amazing!
"to keep me warm in my old age." ❤️
UPPPPPPPP
This is probably the first comment ive seen that doesnt have that much likes.
Hi,Ray!
DOWNNNNNNNN
Oh poor ray didn't get likes.LoL
Here too
Dont si drugs man thats evil
Just randomly came up here after David Blaine lift up
*Always had this idea in my mind even before watching movie UP but this guy nailed it*
Goes though me everytime he looks down.. Guys got a whole lot of balls 🤣 stuff like this draws you away from the daunting.. Keep up the magic
RIP Grant King Of Random Thompson 💔😭
What does this have to do with anything
?
When a Disney movie comes to life.
His so passionate about his hobby and I respect that
welcome to another episode of where quarantine leads us!!