Lawn Chair Larry Walters. According to published reports, walters was employed as a truck driver in southern california. My husband gets flying magazine, and showed me this story.
Expecting to rise about 100 feet in the air, walters quickly found himself at 16,000 feet, where he was spotted by passing airline. 10 days after his flight, walters appeared on late night with david letterman. Val stalions saint marks, florida.
He called his flying machine inspiration i.it was made of an ordinary outdoor chair and 43 large balloons full of helium.walters went up more than 15,000 feet.
Larry walters, who achieved dubious fame in 1982 when he piloted a lawn chair attached to helium balloons 16,000 feet above long beach, has committed suicide at the age of 44. Val stalions saint marks, florida. 10 days after his flight, walters appeared on late night with david letterman. He could be considered a pioneer of cluster ballooning.