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Old Jul 10, 2007, 7:15 pm
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youreadyfreddie
 
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A great flight and an homage to the original Lawn Chair Man, Larry Walters who made his flight on July 2, 1982.

From snopes.com: http://www.snopes.com/travel/airline/walters.asp

"As Larry and his lawnchair drifted into the approach path to Long Beach Municipal Airport, perplexed pilots from two passing Delta and TWA airliners alerted air traffic controllers about what appeared to be an unprotected man floating throught the sky in a chair."

Oh to have seen the looks on the faces!

Cheers Larry, you left us too soon. Kent: well done! I hope you get your video camera back.
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