The House From Up is Real—and it Flies!

The house from Pixar’s Up has been created in real life, balloons and all. The folks at National Geographic recreated Carl Fredricksen’s airborne abode at a private airfield in Los Angeles as a part of an upcoming series, How Hard Can it Be?, which premieres this fall.

The 16’ X 16’ house was 18’ tall, and was carried by 300 8’ colored weather balloons. The flight lasted approximately one hour, and set a new world record for the largest balloon cluster flight ever attempted.

Check out pictures from the flight below, courtesy of National Geographic:

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