Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Balloon Boy gets 193 Miles in Lawn Chair



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.

Couch, on his way to Idaho, carried a global positioning system device, a two-way radio and a cell phone. He also had instruments to measure his altitude and speed and about four plastic bags holding five gallons of water each to act as a ballast, he could turn a spigot, release water and rise.

No discussion of stopping for a potty break along the way....

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