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A man has taken flight in a lawn chair hoisted by more than 150 large helium-filled party balloons in a bid to ride the wind from the central Oregon town of Bend all the way to Idaho. Kent...
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- News Source: The Register Guard | 4 months agoBut Couch had plenty of balloons to keep himself aloft: more than 150 of them. After just two hours of sleep and a breakfast sandwich of egg and bacon on a biscuit from his gas station convenience store, Couch took off at dawn on Saturday. Dozens of
- News Source: The Guardian | 4 months agoTo the glorious roll call of aerial pioneers, daring aviators and magnificent men in flying machines can be added a new name. Kent Couch, a 48-year-old owner of a petrol station, yesterday succeeded in his third attempt to conquer the skies of
- News Source: Kuwait Times | 4 months agoUsing his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 320 km across the Oregon desert, landing in a field in Idaho. Kent Couch created a sensation in this
- News Source: Hindu | 4 months agoRiding a green lawn chair supported by a rainbow array of more than 150 helium-filled party balloons, Kent Couch succeeded on Saturday in his third bid to fly from central Oregon all the way to Idaho. Mr. Couch kissed his wife and kids goodbye before
- News Source: The New Zealand Herald | 4 months agoMonday July 07, 2008 "Crazy" Kent Couch gets carried away above the Oregon desert. Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a deck chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 370km across the
- News Source: Macleans | 4 months agoUsing his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, 48-year-old gas station owner Kent Couch realized a boyhood dream on Saturday. He flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled party balloons more than 320 kilometres across the Oregon high desert
- News Source: The Washington Times | 4 months agoOre. (AP) Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho. Kent Couch created
- News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | 4 months agoThe man, Kent Couch, took an airgun and blowpipe with him, so that he could shoot some of the 150 large balloons to make sure he didn't fly too high...Mostly it's just about having a good time while I'm floating around up there." BBC Tags: human-
- News Source: BBC | 4 months agoUS man makes balloon chair trip An American man has succeeded at the third attempt in making a 235-mile (378km) trip in an armchair held aloft by party balloons. Kent Couch soared across the Oregon desert to the neighbouring state of Idaho in a
- News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader | 4 months agoAssociated Press Writer Jeff Barnard/AP Photo Kent Couch smiles as he prepares to take off Saturday, July 5, 2008, in his latest attempt to fly from his gas station in Bend, Ore., more than 200 miles to Idaho in a lawn chair rigged with more than 150
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