# The Great Ongoing Aviation Thread (general and other) (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 14, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-2/1030892 "2026-06-14T14:38:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 432
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-2/1030892/432 "2026-09-19T19:57:37Z")
Moderating: > [@Spiderman](#): > > The third weekend in Sept for the then-past 25+ years is the Adirondack Balloon Festival; hard to hold an aviation event when no GA is allowed but yet somehow they get permission to have the festival so this is some of the first GA flights to happen since the attacks. Al is going to show those @#$%& bastards, that while we may be down, we are most definitely not out! In a hastily crafted idea (only 10 days after the attacks) Al decides he wants to show the terrorists that our spirit is strong & what better way to do that than to [wave the flag up high](https://www.flickr.com/photos/74663312@N08/55536872038/) while doing what’s known as a top walk. > [@Spiderman](#): > > > [@JKellyMap](#): > > > > Wait, that’s you on top of that balloon 25 years ago? > > No, that was Al, I just wanted to recreate what he did. I think what you are saying here is that you’ve created an AI generated image, and I’m not actually certain from what you posted whether it represents a real event or not. Please tell people unambiguously when you are posting AI images. And if it’s an image of something real, speaking as a poster, I’d like to be able to tell. Thanks --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-2/1030892)._