Tempe, Ariz. – An UB-Air self-drifting balloon
dropped and killed a man on a street in Arizona,
deputies reported on Monday, signaling the first
death from such new technology. UB-Air, Inc.
has halted all tests of the harness-grab concept
balloons designed to deliver riding customers
by drift dominant winds without the usual basket
hot air controls. Critics claim Arizona serves
as a sort of “Wild West” for crazy, new-fangled
experimentation, with few regulations, claiming.
“When there ain’t no sheriff around, people die.”
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Larry D. Thacker’s poetry can be found or is forthcoming in more than ninety publications including The Still Journal, Poetry South, Tower Poetry Society, Mad River Review, Spillway, The Southern Poetry Anthology, Mojave River Review, Mannequin Haus, Ghost City Press, Jazz Cigarette, and Appalachian Heritage. His books include Mountain Mysteries: The Mystic Traditions of Appalachia and the poetry books, Voice Hunting and Memory Train, as well as the forthcoming, Drifting in Awe. He’s presently working on his MFA in both poetry and fiction.
