Comments on: Lawnchair-flying, self-mailing and DUIs http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/blurbex/2007/07/12/lawnchair-flying-self-mailing-and-duis/ The blog for urban explorers Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:07:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joe Bardi http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/blurbex/2007/07/12/lawnchair-flying-self-mailing-and-duis/comment-page-1/#comment-1327 Joe Bardi Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:58:13 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/blurbex/2007/07/12/lawnchair-flying-self-mailing-and-duis/#comment-1327 I once worked on a research for a screenplay detailing the life and times of Larry the Lawn Chair Pilot. Unfortunately, Hollywood swept in with their own version of the story, complete with lame-o romantic subplot and ruined the whole thing. I do love that this new guy's last name is "Couch" though. It adds an extra level of hilarity, don't you agree? I once worked on a research for a screenplay detailing the life and times of Larry the Lawn Chair Pilot. Unfortunately, Hollywood swept in with their own version of the story, complete with lame-o romantic subplot and ruined the whole thing.

I do love that this new guy’s last name is “Couch” though. It adds an extra level of hilarity, don’t you agree?

]]> By: Alex Pickett http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/blurbex/2007/07/12/lawnchair-flying-self-mailing-and-duis/comment-page-1/#comment-1326 Alex Pickett Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:57:14 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/blurbex/2007/07/12/lawnchair-flying-self-mailing-and-duis/#comment-1326 He may not have had the initial idea, but he went much farther than Walters and didn't get arrested. I'm putting my money on the Couch. He may not have had the initial idea, but he went much farther than Walters and didn’t get arrested. I’m putting my money on the Couch.

]]> By: Phil http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/blurbex/2007/07/12/lawnchair-flying-self-mailing-and-duis/comment-page-1/#comment-1322 Phil Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:45:13 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/blurbex/2007/07/12/lawnchair-flying-self-mailing-and-duis/#comment-1322 This "couch" fellow was a cheap imitator. Lawn chair larry has been a hero to me (and young kids around the world) for some time now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Walters "Lawrence Richard Walters, nicknamed Lawnchair Larry or the Lawn Chair Pilot, (April 19, 1949 – October 6, 1993) was an American adventurer. He took flight on July 2, 1982 in a homemade aircraft, dubbed Inspiration I, that he had fashioned out of a Sears patio chair and 45 helium-filled weather balloons. He rose to an altitude of 16,000 feet (3 miles) and floated from his point of origin in San Pedro, California into federal airspace near Long Beach airport. The account of his flight was widely reported in newspapers." This “couch” fellow was a cheap imitator.

Lawn chair larry has been a hero to me (and young kids around the world) for some time now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Walters

“Lawrence Richard Walters, nicknamed Lawnchair Larry or the Lawn Chair Pilot, (April 19, 1949 – October 6, 1993) was an American adventurer. He took flight on July 2, 1982 in a homemade aircraft, dubbed Inspiration I, that he had fashioned out of a Sears patio chair and 45 helium-filled weather balloons. He rose to an altitude of 16,000 feet (3 miles) and floated from his point of origin in San Pedro, California into federal airspace near Long Beach airport. The account of his flight was widely reported in newspapers.”

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