I had read about the guy in 1982 who attached helium-filled weather balloons to his lawn chair, and flew out of San Diego, I think, into the desert, occasionally shooting them out as needed with a shotgun he was carrying. He ended up getting fined for breaking air-traffic control laws.
Well, some guy in Oregon has repeated this stunt for the 3rd time, and was apparently rather successful. Not taking any chances, he equipped himself with all kinds of high tech goodies, including an altimeter, a GPS device and a parachute.
And I thought the Kool-Aid ballast was a good idea.
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Thanks, I missed that story. My kind of hero.
Yeah, I like these kinds of stories, as long as the dreamer doesn't die a tragic death as a result.
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