Ballooning heroics
2002-07-03 22:38:45+00 by
Dan Lyke
2 comments
No, I'm not talking about Steve Fossett's circumnavigation in a hot air balloon (he successfully touched down in Birdsville Australia today), this is some real ballooning history: Adam Savage recreates the 1982 flight of "Lawn Chair Larry" Walters
It was not a stunt, said the man in the chair. It was a scientific
experiment.
No one knew exactly what was proved, however. Perhaps it was that
latex can burst under pressure, a concept already well known in San
Francisco.
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#Comment made: 2002-07-04 14:05:42+00 by:
meuon
You'd think he would have bought some better ballons.. and Steve Fosset's
event was definately 'under media-ized' as I am sure they were fed up
following his and others antics attempting the same thing.
#Comment made: 2002-07-05 14:14:26+00 by:
Prentiss Riddle
Ah, but personal cluster ballooning is not limited to the tethered, 50-feet-and-below variety:
http://www.clusterballoon.org/cluster1.htm