Oregon Man Plans 300 Mile Flight in Lawn Chair

Kent Couch plans on attaching 150 giant latex party balloons filled with helium to a lawn chair and flying from his home in Oregon to somewhere in Idaho, preferably Boise, this 4th of July weekend. This is actually Kent's third attempt. The first trip ended abruptly when he shot out too many balloons trying to descend and he had to use a parachute to land. This time Kent has corporate sponsorship, duct tape and zip ties for emergency repairs, extra clothes and a blanket to ward off the cold at higher altitudes. If all goes well, the lawn-chair pilot says he'd like to fly across the English Channel and even Australia. Assuming he can remember the lyrics to 'The Imagination Song,' Mr. Couch might even make it to Imaginationland one day.

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[NovaHorizon]

$6,000 for the rig? You can buy and build a small personal helicopter for that much...

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[nathan.fulton]

It would take many more balloons to keep a helicopter up. Doh!

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[iamhigh]

And they're bound to get all twisted up! Duh.

Up, up and away!

[Typingsux]

In my beautiful, my beautiful balooooonnnn!

I suggest

[jd]

...that he try flying over Greece or Turkey. It's just as stupid as trying for Australia, but the ending will be quicker and less painful.

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[Mistshadow2k4]

How about Germany? Let him try it will red balloons too.

Bloom County

[KaizerttheBjorn]

He actually plans to fly to Washington D.C. and flash the South African ambassador with the Electro-Photo Pigmentizer.