Flying House From Pixar’s “Up” Is Flown In Real Life [Video]

(11:55 am PDT, Mar 7th 2011)

Flying House From Pixar’s “Up” Is Flown In Real Life [Video]

Engineers built and flew a replica of the flying house in Pixar’s “Up” — setting the record for the largest cluster balloon flight ever.

It took 300 balloons, each 8-feet tall and filled with an entire tank of helium. The stint was for or National Geographic Channel’s “How Hard Can It Be?” show. Watch the video report:

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