Do Prog Pigs fly
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Do Prog Pigs fly
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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Re: Do Prog Pigs fly
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. They were seriously off their heads in those days.
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Re: Do Prog Pigs fly
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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Re: Do Prog Pigs fly
There's a little article about Algie here along with the original advert for the album.
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Re: Do Prog Pigs fly
Always amazes me why when people say they like Floyd its nearly always The albums from DSOTM & on
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