Larry Walters, a.k.a

Quand

2 juil. 1982

Type

Événement

Coordonnées

33.74° N, 118.31° W

Description

Larry Walters, a.k.a. Lawnchair Larry, flies 16,000 feet above Long Beach, California, in a lawn chair with weather balloons attached.

Placé à : coordinates of the event it links, Lawnchair Larry flight.

Homemade aerostat using weather balloons

On July 2, 1982, Larry Walters made a 45-minute flight in a homemade aerostat made of an ordinary lawn chair and 42 helium-filled weather balloons. The aircraft rose to an altitude of about 16,000 feet (4,900 m), drifted from the point of liftoff in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, and entered controlled airspace near Long Beach Airport.

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