"Lawn Chair, Two O'Clock, One Mile..."

John Deakin included this link in his latest "Pelican's Perch" column
on AvWeb.com:

http://home.earthlink.net/~quade/lawnchair.html

Despite the downbeat ending I find it inspirational: chase that
dream...

On May 14, 11:10 am, quietguy wrote:
John Deakin included this link in his latest "Pelican's Perch" column
on AvWeb.com:

http://home.earthlink.net/~quade/lawnchair.html

Despite the downbeat ending I find it inspirational: chase that
dream...

I loved the part about him taking a portable CB radio aloft to "alert
air traffic to his presence". Did they set up a trucker/FAA relay? G

On May 14, 8:10 am, quietguy wrote:
John Deakin included this link in his latest "Pelican's Perch" column
on AvWeb.com:

http://home.earthlink.net/~quade/lawnchair.html

Despite the downbeat ending I find it inspirational: chase that
dream...

His exchange was actually recorded .
http://www.markbarry.com/audio/lawnchairman.ram
BTW: He did win one with the FAA. He was able to successfully argue
that his lawn chair did not need an airworthiness certificate. That
charge was dropped and he setted for $1500. He was quoted as saying
its a good thing the FAA was not around when the Wright brothers flew!
-Robert

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
ups.com...
On May 14, 8:10 am, quietguy wrote:
John Deakin included this link in his latest "Pelican's Perch" column
on AvWeb.com:

http://home.earthlink.net/~quade/lawnchair.html

Despite the downbeat ending I find it inspirational: chase that
dream...

His exchange was actually recorded .
http://www.markbarry.com/audio/lawnchairman.ram
BTW: He did win one with the FAA. He was able to successfully argue
that his lawn chair did not need an airworthiness certificate. That
charge was dropped and he setted for $1500. He was quoted as saying
its a good thing the FAA was not around when the Wright brothers flew!
-Robert

That poor henpecked fool.

"Mike Young"
His exchange was actually recorded .
http://www.markbarry.com/audio/lawnchairman.ram

That poor henpecked fool.


In her defense, she did not hold him back! :-)


Montblack

"Montblack" wrote in message
...

"Mike Young"
His exchange was actually recorded .
http://www.markbarry.com/audio/lawnchairman.ram

That poor henpecked fool.


In her defense, she did not hold him back! :-)



And what's up with the BB-gun thing? A right thinking person (yes, they fly
lawnchairs, too) would just cut the strings with a ka-bar. Or a Leatherman,
for today's suburbanite; doubles as a bottle opener. Not much chance of
putting out an eye with an errant missile then. And no danglie strings to
snag in, ummm, powerlines.

"Mike Young" wrote:

His exchange was actually recorded .
http://www.markbarry.com/audio/lawnchairman.ram

That poor henpecked fool.


In her defense, she did not hold him back! :-)



And what's up with the BB-gun thing? A right thinking person (yes, they fly
lawnchairs, too) would just cut the strings with a ka-bar.

More than one balloon per string?

--
Dan

"How can an idiot be a policeman? Answer me that!"
- Chief Inspector Dreyfus

"quietguy" wrote in message
ps.com...
John Deakin included this link in his latest "Pelican's Perch" column
on AvWeb.com:

http://home.earthlink.net/~quade/lawnchair.html

Despite the downbeat ending I find it inspirational: chase that
dream...

Google search on 'lawnchair larry' returns 78,900 hits
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=...Search& meta=

"quietguy" wrote in message
ps.com...
John Deakin included this link in his latest "Pelican's Perch" column
on AvWeb.com:

http://home.earthlink.net/~quade/lawnchair.html

Despite the downbeat ending I find it inspirational: chase that
dream...

They made a movie in Australia about a guy doing the same thing. It would
never win an Academy award or anything but it was a real fun movie, about a
guy just chasing a dream.
It is called Danny's Deckchair, and if you are really inspired by what Larry
Walters did then you would love this movie, although you might not get some
of the Aussie lingo.
terry

On May 14, 1:30 pm, "d&tm" wrote:
"quietguy" wrote in message

ps.com... John Deakin included this link in his latest "Pelican's Perch" column
on AvWeb.com:

http://home.earthlink.net/~quade/lawnchair.html

Despite the downbeat ending I find it inspirational: chase that
dream...

They made a movie in Australia about a guy doing the same thing. It would
never win an Academy award or anything but it was a real fun movie, about a
guy just chasing a dream.
It is called Danny's Deckchair, and if you are really inspired by what Larry
Walters did then you would love this movie, although you might not get some
of the Aussie lingo.
terry

Its funny, the TV show "Myth Busters" tried this one and found that it
did not work, they decided it must be a myth. Later they found out it
was real. Odd that these guys couldn't figure out how to get the lift
required of the ballons.