Posted on 12/23/2014 6:55:37 PM PST by Duke C.
skydiving daredevil floated 8,000 feet into the air over Utah on a lawn chair tied to balloons before shooting the balloons with a shotgun.
Erik Roner, who filmed the stunt, tied 90 balloons to his lawn chair and reached an altitude of 8,000 feet before using his shotgun to take out the balloons and leaping from the chair.
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But I bet you never saw this version.
Here is the best summation I have found. I lived in nearby Huntington Beach, at the time, it was a big story. I remember many details of the story, this account squares with my recollection:
http://www.markbarry.com/lawnchairman.html
North Korea have something better than space program, they have space pogrom!
LOL, my son would have loved that one. I liked the preview. My fave is Armageddon, my yearly is Black Hawk Down.
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This guy was no Darwin candidate: he brought a parachute!
Great Minds... :)
I wish tapes survived of the airline pilots trying to explain to air traffic control what they just saw.
That would be something to hear ! Thanks for your reply.
Hahahahahahahah! THAT WAS HILARIOUS!
“Yeah. I’ve heard the boom and seen the flames.”
“I crap a rot!”
The movie made me giggle a bit...
This guy is a rookie.
Larry Walters did it in 1982. Got to 15,000 feet and shot the balloons with a bb gun
Wasn’t there a movie about a guy doing something like this?
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