Man flies 193 miles in lawn chair - CNN.com
BEND, Oregon (AP) -- Last weekend, Kent Couch settled down in his lawn chair with some snacks -- and a parachute. Attached to his lawn chair were 105 large helium balloons.
Destination: Idaho.
Balloons suspend Kent Couch in a lawn chair as he floats in the skies near Bend, Oregon, on Saturday.
With instruments to measure his altitude and speed, a global positioning system device in his pocket, and about four plastic bags holding five gallons of water each to act as ballast -- he could turn a spigot, release water and rise -- Couch headed into the Oregon sky.
Nearly nine hours later, the 47-year-old gas station owner came back to earth in a farmer's field near Union, short of Idaho but about 193 miles from home.
"When you're a little kid and you're holding a helium balloon, it has to cross your mind," Couch told the Bend Bulletin.
This is a clear indication that Global Warming does not exist. For such a balloon chair to achieve such a feat, the atmospheric conditons have to be such as to not hinder the rise of a balloon. In othe words, a hot summer day has a negative effect on the performance of aircraft (whether, airplane, helocopter, hot air balloon, or ballon chair for that matter). Ever wonder why Hot Air Balloonist always launch in the morning, it's because of the cooler air. (okay, I know that the air is more stable with less thermals, but the performance factor still applies)
Larry Walters achieved cult status when he did the innaugural balloon chair flight back in 1982.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Walters
Stay tuned for the 1st 2GH2 contest: How many balloons would it take to hoist Rosie's Fat Ass just 100ft, better yet, how many balloons to get all the way over to North Korea?!?!?!
BEND, Oregon (AP) -- Last weekend, Kent Couch settled down in his lawn chair with some snacks -- and a parachute. Attached to his lawn chair were 105 large helium balloons.
Destination: Idaho.
Balloons suspend Kent Couch in a lawn chair as he floats in the skies near Bend, Oregon, on Saturday.
With instruments to measure his altitude and speed, a global positioning system device in his pocket, and about four plastic bags holding five gallons of water each to act as ballast -- he could turn a spigot, release water and rise -- Couch headed into the Oregon sky.
Nearly nine hours later, the 47-year-old gas station owner came back to earth in a farmer's field near Union, short of Idaho but about 193 miles from home.
"When you're a little kid and you're holding a helium balloon, it has to cross your mind," Couch told the Bend Bulletin.
This is a clear indication that Global Warming does not exist. For such a balloon chair to achieve such a feat, the atmospheric conditons have to be such as to not hinder the rise of a balloon. In othe words, a hot summer day has a negative effect on the performance of aircraft (whether, airplane, helocopter, hot air balloon, or ballon chair for that matter). Ever wonder why Hot Air Balloonist always launch in the morning, it's because of the cooler air. (okay, I know that the air is more stable with less thermals, but the performance factor still applies)
Larry Walters achieved cult status when he did the innaugural balloon chair flight back in 1982.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Walters
Stay tuned for the 1st 2GH2 contest: How many balloons would it take to hoist Rosie's Fat Ass just 100ft, better yet, how many balloons to get all the way over to North Korea?!?!?!
1 comment:
There's not enough helium in the world to hoist RosieO's fat ass...nor Al's, our global warming pal.
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