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Published: July 6, 2008
Party balloons take Oregonian on dream flight
Lawn-chair journey was man's third attempt to ride winds to Idaho.
Lawn-chair journey was man's third attempt to ride winds to Idaho.
BEND, Ore. — Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho.
Kent Couch created a sensation in the tiny farming community of Cambridge , Idaho , where he touched down safely in a pasture and was soon greeted by dozens of people who ga...
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