I don’t know what the “record” is but there was a similar incident years ago in the Los Angeles area. Some young man attached some helium balloons to a standard aluminum and plastic lawn chair after loading up with some high altitude necessities…work boots and a jacket for the cold…a pellet pistol for adjusting altitude and climb rate…off he went. Airliners were reporting him as they prepared for landing at LAX but I think he went much higher than that before he came down near some high voltage wires miles and miles away. How he escaped with his life I don’t remember reading but I would have thought that a priest’s Bishop would have put a stop to this adventure.
Well, it seems the Priest wasn’t an amatuer and was somewhat prepared himself, even having had one similar flight before this.I don’t know what the “record” is but there was a similar incident years ago in the Los Angeles area. Some young man attached some helium balloons to a standard aluminum and plastic lawn chair after loading up with some high altitude necessities…work boots and a jacket for the cold…a pellet pistol for adjusting altitude and climb rate…off he went. Airliners were reporting him as they prepared for landing at LAX but I think he went much higher than that before he came down near some high voltage wires miles and miles away. How he escaped with his life I don’t remember reading but I would have thought that a priest’s Bishop would have put a stop to this adventure.
