06-28-2011, 07:59 AM
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Mornin' all and happy Tuesday . . . . . Didja Know? In 1982, Larry Walters tied 24 weather balloons to his lawn chair in Los Angeles and climbed to an altitude of 16,000 feet
06-28-2011, 08:01 AM
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Wow, I suppose he must have been bored, going through a mid-life crisis or needed to get it up LOL
Great factoid
06-28-2011, 08:04 AM
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I remember when that happened. If I remember correctly he started popping the balloons one at a time in order to "land."
06-28-2011, 08:05 AM
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Where does one acquire weather balloons? I got nothing' to do today!!!
06-28-2011, 08:15 AM
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Ketabcha
I remember when that happened. If I remember correctly he started popping the balloons one at a time in order to "land."
Did he land safely?
06-28-2011, 08:32 AM
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Ketabcha
I remember when that happened. If I remember correctly he started popping the balloons one at a time in order to "land."
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Ketabcha
I remember when that happened. If I remember correctly he started popping the balloons one at a time in order to "land."
What really happened to him
The Lawn Chair Man (http://www.flyaboveall.com/lawnchairman.htm - broken link)
Keep reading till the end...there are conflicting stories
(http://www.flyaboveall.com/lawnchairman.htm - broken link)
06-28-2011, 08:34 AM
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JustJoy
Mornin' all and happy Tuesday . . . . . Didja Know? In 1982, Larry Walters tied 24 weather balloons to his lawn chair in Los Angeles and climbed to an altitude of 16,000 feet
I did know this! I remember the news stories about it. Too funny!
06-28-2011, 08:42 AM
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Wow Big Mike... I totally enjoyed the real scoop... how interesting, extraordinary and sad...
06-28-2011, 10:19 AM
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BigMike50
What really happened to him
The Lawn Chair Man (http://www.flyaboveall.com/lawnchairman.htm - broken link)
Keep reading till the end...there are conflicting stories
What a good read
Can you imagine being one of the airline pilots - just flying along, minding your own business and ya look out the window
06-28-2011, 11:02 AM
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Well for awhile there he was "high and mighty"...or "dumb and dumber"...
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Great factoid
