We’ve been enjoying [sic] an unusually blustery winter in Las Vegas. All that’s missing is Eeyore. Well, him and now the Cloud 9 sightseeing balloon. This piquant Strip attraction met a tragic end yesterday. (Douchebaggy Fox 5 doesn’t permit video embeds. Sorry. Too bad the video-shooting spectators didn’t think to ejaculate “Oh, the humanity!”)
Cloud 9 had already been grounded for a week or so after a rough landing damaged its undercarriage and a new one had to be shipped in from France. Between this and the brief tenure of the M Resort airship, Las Vegas just hasn’t been a great place for airship-spotting lately. The Cloud 9 crash is doubly disappointing for me, as my ladyfriend and I were scheduled to go aloft on Monday. Then again, maybe we should be counting our lucky stars.
