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2008-07-06 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Oregon Man Tries to Fly to Idaho on Helium Balloon-Rigged Lawn Chair

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Posted by Fred 2008-07-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Actually, he made it...

CAMBRIDGE, IDAHO -- KIVI-TV Ch 6

The eagle has landed.....make that Kent Couch! The Bend, Oregon man took off from his gas station 6:30 a.m. PST Saturday and touched down in a field near Cambridge, Idaho around 4:30 p.m. MST. Cambridge is about 40 miles northeast of Weiser.

Posted by tipover 2008-07-06 00:18|| 2008-07-06 00:18|| Front Page Top

#2 What - again?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-07-06 00:26|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-07-06 00:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Yup! This is his third try. The first was a bailout, the second he was just shy of the Oregon/Idaho border, this time is well inside Idaho. Not something I would do but he seems to have put some thought into the stunt. Ballast, parachute, gps/locater, radio commo, aircraft escort. Not at all the same as the twit in SoCal.

Makes you wonder about the gal that married him. It must be love.

Posted by tipover 2008-07-06 00:37|| 2008-07-06 00:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Ironically "Couch" is an English word for seat.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-07-06 18:11|| 2008-07-06 18:11|| Front Page Top

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