Do Prog Pigs fly

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Do Prog Pigs fly

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To create the artwork for the cover of Pink Floyd's album Animals, a giant inflatable pig has been raised on a chain above Battersea Power Station - this was the 1970s after all. "Suddenly there was a large crack and the pig sailed up into the sky," sleeve designer Aubrey Powell said. "A helicopter followed but it couldn't catch it up. "We were really scared. I feared there would be a terrible airline crash."

The members of the prog rock group scarpered, air traffic into Heathrow was cancelled, RAF jets were dispatched and pilots reported seeing a pig flying at about 20,000ft (6,100m).

Powell was taken to his studio by police, and following a message put out on local radio stations, a farmer from Kent called to complain that a rogue pig had landed in his field and was frightening his cows.

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And by all accounts the chap they set on fire on WYWH wasn't supposed to go up quite so well but rather than help the photographer just kept shooting :lol: :lol:

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Apparently in the Milwaukee stadium concert in 1977 the inflatable pig which they'd filled with acetylene, oxygen and helium - with igniter, broke free and exploded over the car park, damaging several cars. :lol: They were seriously off their heads in those days.

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There weren't so many rules and regulations back then so nobody thought about what could go wrong. Today there would be a risk assessment and lots of paperwork.
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No you are wrong. Today it would be done on a laptop

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There's a little article about Algie here along with the original advert for the album.
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Always amazes me why when people say they like Floyd its nearly always The albums from DSOTM & on

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The ones before are shit.

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Thats so funny

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Karnevil9 wrote: Sat Jun 02, 2018 5:19 pm Always amazes me why when people say they like Floyd its nearly always The albums from DSOTM & on

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