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A man flights for 9 hours attached 105 helium balloons
Portland , USA - The mad, wonderful flight of a Oregon 40 year-man
Last week-end, an extravagant man of Oregon, Kent Couch, 47, gas station-owner, attached 105 helium-filled balloons to an ordinary lawn chair and took off. Couch loaded his lawn chair with the requisite snacks, but also instruments to monitor his altitude and speed, a global positioning device, digital camcorder, cell phone and a parachute. He used five gallon plastic bags filled with water for ballast. After...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1076804
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency