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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat Could Go Wrong? Mike Lindell Now Planning to Drop Pillows With "Little Parachutes" Over Canada
After his initial shipment of MyPillow products was denied entry into Canada, Mike Lindell told the Daily Beast about a backup plan to get free pillows to Canadian truckers: drop them from the sky via a helicopter.
Lindell said the pillows will have little parachutes, while adding make sure you put that part in, or it could be dangerous.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mypillow-guy-mike-lindell-plans-to-drop-pillows-from-the-sky-over-canada-in-support-of-trucker-vax-protest?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4
Norbert
(6,053 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,298 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)I also thought of gigantic pillow bonfires.
11 Bravo
(23,928 posts)Probatim
(2,580 posts)Oh the humanity!
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Last edited Thu Feb 17, 2022, 01:52 PM - Edit history (1)
jmbar2
(4,952 posts)Although pillows are lighter than turkeys, from a height, they can have a surprising impact...
Goodheart
(5,360 posts)durablend
(7,472 posts)zuul
(14,631 posts)zuul
(14,631 posts)I wonder how much it would cost to dump them in a legal facility, in a legal manner.
I hope Canada sends him a big fat bill for littering.
Solly Mack
(90,841 posts)Ocelot II
(116,187 posts)and Canada almost certainly has the same rule.
Lucid Dreamer
(584 posts)§ 91.15 Dropping objects.
No pilot in command of a civil aircraft may allow any object to be dropped from that aircraft in flight that creates a hazard to persons or property. However, this section does not prohibit the dropping of any object if reasonable precautions are taken to avoid injury or damage to persons or property.
Ocelot II
(116,187 posts)since its hard to control where the items will land. You can get away with paper leaflets but large objects, even Mikes leaden pillows, are going to be a hazard unless he drops them in the wilderness. Dropping pillows onto a highway, which seems to be the plan, would be an obvious hazard to traffic.
Lucid Dreamer
(584 posts)In the US you have to apply for and receive a waiver before a planned operation like this.
I've been looking for analogous Canadian aviation regulations, but I don't know how to use their system very well.
More later.
Lucid Dreamer
(584 posts)Canadian Aviation Regulations
Part VI General Operating and Flight Rules
Dropping of Objects
602.23 No person shall create a hazard to persons or property on the surface by dropping an object from an aircraft in flight.
https://lois-laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-96-433/FullText.html#s-601.14
Ocelot II
(116,187 posts)dropped from a helicopter onto a busy highway?
Not that it's going to happen, since I would expect said helicopter to be promptly escorted out of Canadian airspace before it has the chance to create a hazard to persons or property on the surface by dropping said pillows...
sakabatou
(42,247 posts)Treefrog
(4,170 posts)moonscape
(4,678 posts)Walleye
(31,264 posts)NavyDem
(542 posts)What are the penalties for entering Canadian Airspace and illegally dropping items from the sky. I think just illegally entering Canadian Airspace without permission would carry some kind of penalty.
Blue Owl
(50,751 posts)lame54
(35,410 posts)PatSeg
(47,910 posts)Probably, but it is beyond my imagination.
Xoan
(25,329 posts)tblue37
(65,657 posts)HAB911
(8,993 posts)after a lifetime of abuse
maveric
(16,451 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Dumping Carries a $50,000 fine. I hope they charge him by the pillow.
Emile
(23,478 posts)to the Canadian pilot who pollutes the sky with pillows and dropping them from the sky onto motorist windshields and possibly causing accidents!
Noodleboy13
(422 posts)vs Trailer Park Boys aerial dogfight tho
peace,
Noodleboy