“Lawn chair” balloonist to set sail from Oregon, seeks record
BEND, Oregon (Reuters) – A balloonist who once flew 235 miles in a lawn chair tied to a bouquet of helium-filled party balloons will fly again on Saturday, this time with a co-pilot, seeking to set a Guinness World Record for the longest two-man cluster balloon flight. Gas station owner Kent Couch, dubbed the “lawn chair balloonist,” will set off from his Stop & Go station in Bend, Oregon, carried by 350 multi-colored balloons and guided only by the wind. With him will be with Iraqi national Fareed Lafta, with whom he is preparing to partner in a similar flight from Baghdad in October. . . .
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