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Kent Couch flies in lawnchair
Tuesday July 10 2007, @05:36PM
Man flies 193 miles in lawn chair 16:10 10th July, 2007 Rejected
Man flies 193 miles in lawn chair
GillBates0 writes "CNN is reporting that Kent Couch managed to fly 193 miles in a lawn chair fitted with 105 helium balloons. The flight lasted approximately 9 hours, after which he touched down safely in a farm. As he made about 25 miles an hour, a three-car caravan filled with friends, family and the dog followed him from below. In 1982, Larry Walters tried a similar feat in Los Angeles and surprised an airline pilot, who radioed the control tower that he had just passed a guy in a lawn chair. His wife was quoted as saying "I know he'd be thinking about it more and more, it would always be on his mind. This way, at least he's fulfilled his dream.""
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This is actually Kent's 2nd flight (Score:2)
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Anyway, that's the way I'd deal with what he calls his most intractable problem with this flying device- the landings. So far he's used parachutes to help with the problem.