Kent Couch settled down in his lawn chair with some snacks and a parachute. Attached to his lawn chair were 105 large helium balloons. Nearly 9 hours later, he landed about 193 miles from home.
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An Oregon man turned an ordinary lawn chair into an air chair! Ben Couch flew 193-miles and reached an altitude of 13,000 feet in the chair. The only thing holding him up was helium balloons.
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Check this out. A man tied 105 balloons to his lawn chair and went to 12,000 feet. He landed in a farmer's field after shooting the balloons with a BB gun.
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PlusOre. Man Uses Balloons and a Lawn Chair to FlyOre. Man Uses Balloons and a Lawn Chair to FlyThe Associated PressRiding a green lawn chair supported by a rainbow array of more than 150 helium-filled party balloons, Kent Couch took off Saturday in a third bid to fly from central Oregon all the ...
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An Oregon man takes to the skies in a lawn chair powered by balloons; Kent Couch of Bend Oregon attached 105 helium balloons to his lawn chair and flew 193 miles at altitudes exceeding 12,000 feet. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
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