Man flies 193 miles in lawn chair

[Poiuyt]

BEND, Oregon (AP) -- Last weekend, Kent Couch settled down in his lawn chair with some snacks -- and a parachute. Attached to his lawn chair were 105 large helium balloons.

With instruments to measure his altitude and speed, a global positioning system device in his pocket, and about four plastic bags holding five gallons of water each to act as ballast -- he could turn a spigot, release water and rise -- Couch headed into the Oregon sky.

Nearly nine hours later, the 47-year-old gas station owner came back to earth in a farmer's field near Union, short of Idaho but about 193 miles from home.

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/10/flying.lawn.chair.ap/index.html

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. That is freaking AWESOME!

:applause:

[SPKrazy]

2. just like curious george...

:rofl:

[Reciprocity]

3. Danny Deckchair did it first.

Great movie.
http://www.dannydeckchairmovie.com/

[cobalt1999]

4. I just don't see this catching on as an oil alternative

however, it is quiet.

[WFF]

5. I remember hearing about Larry Walters on the Art Bell Show

He thought when he cut the cables holding his chair down, he'd just float up gracefully. Instead, he shot up like a rocket to 16,000 feet.

http://www.markbarry.com/amazing/lawnchairman.html