BEND, Ore. – Last weekend, Kent Couch settled down in his lawn chair with some snacks — and a parachute. Attached to his lawn chair were 105 large helium balloons. Destination: Idaho. With instruments ...
In what police aren’t describing (but I definitely am) as a “Classic Up situation,” 26-year-old Daniel Boria tethered 110 giant balloons to his lawn chair until he flew away. Despite turning life into ...
On July 5, Boria, spent $12,000 on helium and filled up 120 large party balloons, attached them to his $20 lawn chair and took off into the sky, reminiscent of the Pixar hit Up. “I was sitting in a ...
BEND, Ore. – An Oregon gas station owner and an Iraqi adventurer took flight Saturday aboard a pair of lawn chairs suspended from helium-filled party balloons in an attempt to fly across Oregon and ...
BEND, Ore. — An Oregon gas station owner and an Iraqi adventurer trying to fly from Central Oregon to Montana in tandem lawn chairs suspended from party balloons made a hard landing Saturday after ...
BEND, Ore.—Hours into their lawn-chair balloon flight, two men made a hard landing after they were hit by hail and snow as thunderstorms swept into central Oregon. But their back-yard aircraft floated ...
Sydney Morning Herald: Helium balloons, a lawn chair and a BB gun
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons ...
Gulf News: Man ties balloons to chair to take flight across US desert