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1. Chair, Lawn, Larry Walters

Mon Dec 9, 2024, 02:41 PM

Dec 9

Forty-two helium-filled weather balloons lifted Larry Walters in this aluminum lawn chair from San Pedro, California, on July 2, 1982. Walters reached 16,000 feet (4,880 meters), drifting into the controlled airspace surrounding Los Angeles International Airport. Commercial pilots reported sighting him to the tower ...

https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/chair-lawn-larry-walters/nasm_A20181388000

https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=NASM-36B967D7B5932_01&max=900

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