As is often the case, the gentleman is not the first to travel via furniture.
During the 1950s, the United States Air Force ran countless upper atmospheric tests. Testing showed that television stars generally possessed the physical and psychological traits best suited for these formidable experiments. The Nation owes a debt of gratitude to these men and women pioneers.
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Kent Couch leaves his gas station in Bend, Ore., on Saturday, July 5, 2008, riding a lawn chair rigged with more than 150 giant party balloons in an attempt to fly to Idaho. He is equipped with a BB gun and a blowgun for popping balloons if he gets too high and three 15-gallon barrels of cherry Kool-Aid for ballast to release if he gets too low.
(AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)
(AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)
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