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Flying Elephant Spotted Over Doylestown
A huge elephant hot air balloon was spotted flying over Doylestown Monday afternoon.
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a flying elephant.
A Doylestown Patch reader posted this photo of a hot air balloon elephant floating over Doylestown on Monday afternoon. The balloon was shaped as Horton, a character from Dr. Seuss books.
After a call out on Facebook, Doylestown Patch learned it was Pea-Nut the Flying Elephant, a 440-pound hot air balloon owned by Scott Saxton.
Here are some fun facts about Pea-Nut, according to its Facebook page:
Total volume: 105,000 cubic feet
Head Volume: 9,000 cubic feet
Trunk Volume: 3,500 cubic feet
Legs Volume : 2,500 cubic feet
Weight: 440 lbs
Height: 100 feet
Body Diameter: 23 feet
Width including head: 85 feet
Trunk: 49 feet
Ears: 20 ft. tall x 25 ft. wide
Head: 37 ft. tall x 38 ft. wide including trunk
Visit http://elephantballoon.net to learn more about Pea-Nut.
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