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MadiB  
#1 Posted : 12 July 2013 14:15:06(UTC)
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MadiB
One of my collegues has just asked me what legislation we would need to consider if we were to install a 2m Large Inflatable Helium Advertising Cube Ball Inflatable Square Balloon (or similar) above one of our stores (which just happens to be close to an airport). Does anyone have any experience of these things? i can deal with the risk assessment on the ground and the COSHH but I'm not sure about the aviation side of things!
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Safety Smurf  
#2 Posted : 12 July 2013 14:22:06(UTC)
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Safety Smurf
You will need to seek CAA permission to do this and if it's near an airport you probably won't get it. Are you organising this yourself or bringing in a provider to operate it? if it's the latter, they should be able to provide you details of requirements. it will need to be constantly monitored as I have witnessed a blimp being blown into the middle of a dual carriage way when a gust caused it to arc down on its tether point. How close are you to the airport?
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MadiB  
#3 Posted : 12 July 2013 14:25:18(UTC)
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MadiB
Thanks, I'll talk to the manager as i'm not sure how close they are exactly. He just mooted the idea just to see if this "cheap balloon" was going to be too much of a PIA.
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Graham Bullough  
#4 Posted : 12 July 2013 14:29:29(UTC)
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Madib - Be prepared for the possibility of a barrage (geddit?) of replies to your thread!!! :-)
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MadiB  
#5 Posted : 12 July 2013 14:50:10(UTC)
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MadiB
;-)
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Cerith  
#6 Posted : 12 July 2013 15:42:39(UTC)
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If you do go ahead, don't let anyone breath in the helium coz it makes a funny voice. I remember a guy who tried it, inhaled too much, passed out, and went blue! We thought he was dead for a while!
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MadiB  
#7 Posted : 12 July 2013 15:48:48(UTC)
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MadiB
I'll be sure and add that to the risk assessment! He was looking at one 2m cubed so that would be A LOT of helium!
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Graham Bullough  
#8 Posted : 13 July 2013 21:13:37(UTC)
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Graham Bullough
Here's another whimsical thought - a balloon-type advertising device might seem cheap initially but its operating cost could well rise....as a result of inflation !!!! :-)
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Jane Blunt  
#9 Posted : 14 July 2013 23:06:31(UTC)
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Jane Blunt
cerith wrote:
If you do go ahead, don't let anyone breath in the helium coz it makes a funny voice. I remember a guy who tried it, inhaled too much, passed out, and went blue! We thought he was dead for a while!
He is extremely lucky to have recovered.
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Invictus  
#10 Posted : 15 July 2013 09:07:28(UTC)
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Invictus
Jane Blunt wrote:
cerith wrote:
If you do go ahead, don't let anyone breath in the helium coz it makes a funny voice. I remember a guy who tried it, inhaled too much, passed out, and went blue! We thought he was dead for a while!
He is extremely lucky to have recovered.
Maybe he just felt deflated for a while!
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