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From: simard@loral.UUCP (Ray Simard)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: True story or whopper?
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Date: Fri, 10-Aug-84 11:54:58 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 10 11:54:58 1984
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[Lawn chair N4576Y cleared for immediate afternoon nap]

>     Last week I was flying from BWI to Cumberland, MD on a local commuter.
>This being a twin-prop 9-seater with the pilot and I aboard, I asked if I
>could watch the flight from the right front seat.  (your pardon if I use
>the wrong terms here, I don't have a license).
>
>     Anywho, we're flying along when the pilot tells me this story about
>some guy that tied a whole bunch of helium baloons to a lawn chair and took
>along a BB gun to pop the baloons.  He tells me the guy got over 10,000 feet.
>
>     This story is either true or the biggest whopper I've ever heard.
>Anyone know which?

	It (I wouldn't believe it either if I hadn't seen it) is really
true!  I was watching one of those "Life's Embarrasing Moments" shows
or something of the sort, and saw this guy.  He did exactly as you
heard, and rose to a considerable altitude, before the drop in
temperature got to him.  He carried aloft with him something
to shoot out balloons selectively (a pellet gun or some such).

He also failed to amuse the local aviation authorities.



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Ray Simard
Loral Instrumentation, San Diego
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