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Lawn chair pilot to try again
1190KEX ^
| 7-4-08
| Brad Ford
Posted on 07/04/2008 12:39:26 PM PDT by kingattax
Kent Couch of Bend, Oregon hopes to fly to Idaho (on July 5th) in his lawn chair that's lifted aloft by party balloons.
Each year Kent Couch has tried to fly to Idaho, he's improved his experimental aircraft. This year, he'll add more balloons and more water. He'll tie 150 - 160 helium filled balloons to a lawn chair along with jugs totaling 55 gallons of water. To fly higher, he empties containers of water and th fly lower he pops balloons.
Couch will launch from Bend and plans to be in the air 15 hours to hopefully reach Moscow, Idaho (300 miles away). He'll fly at an altitude of around 15,000 feet.
He carries satellite radios and tracking devices. You can follow his flight by clicking here
In the event of a problem, he's also wearing a parachute.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Oregon
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posted on
07/04/2008 12:39:26 PM PDT
by
kingattax
To: kingattax
What does he do to go to the bathroom?
To: kingattax
At first I want to laugh that this is actually possible.
Sure seems like this would be a traffic hazard and dangerous to human life though.
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posted on
07/04/2008 12:41:38 PM PDT
by
F15Eagle
(1 John 5:4-5, 4:15, John 11:25, 14:6, 1 Tim 2:5, John 3:17-18, John 20:31, 1 John 5:13, John 6:69)
To: Dilbert San Diego
What does he do to go to the bathroom?He probably mimics the birds.
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posted on
07/04/2008 12:42:24 PM PDT
by
Disturbin
(Liberals: buying votes with your tax dollars)
To: Dilbert San Diego
What does he do to go to the bathroom? He ends up flying higher.
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posted on
07/04/2008 12:42:35 PM PDT
by
econjack
(Some people are as dumb as soup.)
To: Dilbert San Diego
Last time he used a Sears Better lawn chair. With the notoriety, maybe he’ll upgrade to Sears Best this time.
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posted on
07/04/2008 12:42:46 PM PDT
by
C210N
(The television has mounted the most serious assault on Republicanism since Das Kapital.)
To: Dilbert San Diego
What does he do to go to the bathroom? It is a chair.
Make sure to shoot out a balloon to reballast the craft.
To: Dilbert San Diego
“What does he do to go to the bathroom?”
Look out below!!!!
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posted on
07/04/2008 12:45:36 PM PDT
by
dalereed
(both)
To: Dilbert San Diego
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posted on
07/04/2008 12:46:47 PM PDT
by
fish hawk
To: kingattax
I wonder if he has a balloon license?
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posted on
07/04/2008 12:47:17 PM PDT
by
dalereed
(both)
To: Chief Engineer; Delphinium; EternalVigilance; Keyes2000mt; Sir_Ed; Knitting A Conundrum; ...
Idaho welcomes a Darwin award nominee, tonight at 10!
The FR Idaho Ping List
FReepmail GOP_Raider to be on or off this list
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posted on
07/04/2008 12:50:20 PM PDT
by
GOP_Raider
(Happy Birthday to My Mom, Al Davis, and America!)
To: GOP_Raider
A lawn chair aircraft? The most comfortable way to fly. All that's missing is a bucket of beer!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
07/04/2008 12:59:03 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: kingattax
I don’t know whether to laugh or cheer. Only in America, on our 232nd birthday. Happy Independence Day!
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posted on
07/04/2008 1:04:16 PM PDT
by
hsalaw
To: Dilbert San Diego
Same thing female U-2 pilots do...wears an adult diaper.
To: kingattax
He better watch out!
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posted on
07/04/2008 1:10:27 PM PDT
by
Dumpster Baby
( They told me that using the download page to download something was not something they anticipated)
To: nnn0jeh
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posted on
07/04/2008 1:26:27 PM PDT
by
kalee
(The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we write in marble. JHuett)
To: goldstategop
“All that’s missing is a bucket of beer! “
He just needs to ask his wife to get him one. She’s got a tough time getting it to him though.
To: kingattax
Its certainly colorful.
Wonder if it raises slowly off the ground or if
it zooms up there quickly
Landing has gotta be scary,,,did I pop too many?
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posted on
07/04/2008 1:33:11 PM PDT
by
Harold Shea
(rvn `70 - `71)
To: Dilbert San Diego
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posted on
07/04/2008 1:34:52 PM PDT
by
Marie2
(It's time for a ban on handgun bans)
To: Dilbert San Diego
What does he do to go to the bathroom? The world is his bathroom
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posted on
07/04/2008 2:24:54 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Society is well governed when the people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law)
To: Dilbert San Diego
Dilbert: Look up — and tell us the answer...
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posted on
07/04/2008 2:27:56 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...!!)
To: Dilbert San Diego
Some other guy got in the flight path of LAX pulling a similar stunt some years ago.
Read here.
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posted on
07/04/2008 2:36:56 PM PDT
by
RightField
(The older you get .... the older "old" is.)
To: Dilbert San Diego
What does he do to go to the bathroom?Just make sure you stay out from under him!
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posted on
07/04/2008 3:01:25 PM PDT
by
capt. norm
(Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
To: Dilbert San Diego
“What does he do to go to the bathroom?”
Gator-aid bottle
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posted on
07/04/2008 3:20:39 PM PDT
by
bethelgrad
(Chaplain serving my beloved Marine Corps)
To: Dilbert San Diego
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posted on
07/04/2008 6:03:35 PM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(An enemy of Islam)
To: kingattax
To: Fiji Hill
Bump later reading, and tracking
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posted on
07/05/2008 12:04:36 AM PDT
by
BILL_C
(Those who don't understand the lessons of history are bound to repeat them!)
To: BILL_C
Is anyone still tracking this guy?
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posted on
07/05/2008 7:50:33 PM PDT
by
IM2MAD
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