Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site rabbit.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!alice!rabbit!ark From: ark@rabbit.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: True story or whopper? Message-ID: <3051@rabbit.UUCP> Date: Sat, 11-Aug-84 00:28:32 EDT Article-I.D.: rabbit.3051 Posted: Sat Aug 11 00:28:32 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Aug-84 03:34:33 EDT References: <557@bnl.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 7 Either the story about the guy with the balloons and the lawn chair is true, or the Associated Press news wire was lying when they reported it. According to AP, the guy made it to 16,000 feet and then descended by shooting a bunch of balloons with his BB gun because he was drifting out to sea. Originally the FAA said all they could do was take away his pilot's license if he had one, but eventually they decided they could charge him with four violations of the regs.