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struggle4progress

(120,547 posts) Mon Dec 9, 2024, 02:35 PM Dec 9

Larry Walters

Larry Walters, or "Lawnchair Larry", had his 15 minutes of fame back in the 1980s when he "piloted" a standard garden chair to 16,500ft above Long Beach L.A. Using nothing more than some surplus weather balloons, strong rope, a comfy garden chair ...

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Chair, Lawn, Larry Walters struggle4progress Dec 9 #1

that was great Kali Dec 10 #2

struggle4progress

(120,547 posts)

1. Chair, Lawn, Larry Walters

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Mon Dec 9, 2024, 02:41 PM

Dec 9

Forty-two helium-filled weather balloons lifted Larry Walters in this aluminum lawn chair from San Pedro, California, on July 2, 1982. Walters reached 16,000 feet (4,880 meters), drifting into the controlled airspace surrounding Los Angeles International Airport. Commercial pilots reported sighting him to the tower ...

https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/chair-lawn-larry-walters/nasm_A20181388000

https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=NASM-36B967D7B5932_01&max=900

Kali

(55,876 posts)

2. that was great

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2024, 12:21 AM

Dec 10

thanks!

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