In The News
July 6th 2008 - MSNBC - Lawn chair balloonist achieves his dream
Oregon gas station owner makes safe landing in Idaho with 150 balloons.
July 6th 2008 - Chicago Tribune - Lawn chair balloonist
A nice photo gallery of Kent's launch, flight and landing.
July 6th 2008 - CNN - Lawn-chair balloonist flies from Oregon to Idaho
Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho.
July 6th 2008 - ABC News - Ore. Man Completes Flight of Fancy - in Lawn Chair
Oregon man gets carried away - in lawn chair tied to helium balloons - and lands in Idaho.
iReport - Kent Couch - Lawnchair Balloon Flight - Bend, Oregon
Video of Kent taking off in his cluster balloon lawnchair.
KTVZ, Bend - Third-time charm: Bend's lawn-chair balloonist lands in Idaho
Bend gas station owner Kent Couch has realized his dream of flying a lawn chair rigged with more than 150 giant helium-filled party balloons across the Oregon High Desert to Idaho.
2007 Flight
Wednesday morning, July 11th, 2007 Kent appeared on Good Morning America with Diane Sawyer. Kent mentioned that everyone at ABC treated him and his family very nicely.
MSNBC - Vehicular Peculiarity: Man floats 193 miles using chair, balloons
An Oregon man takes flight in a lawn chair attached to 105 huge balloons. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
KATU, Portland - Oregon man takes lawn chair up to 13,000 feet
Couch, 47, is the latest American to emulate Larry Walters - who in 1982 rose three miles above Los Angeles in a lawn chair lifted by balloons.
FOXNews.com - Helium Balloons Carry Man in Lawn Chair 193 Miles
Last weekend, Kent Couch settled down in his lawn chair with some snacks — and a parachute. Attached to his lawn chair were 105 large helium balloons.
cbs13.com - Bender's Ender: Man Flies 193 Miles In Lawn Chair
Nearly nine hours later, the 47-year-old gas station owner came back to earth in a farmer's field near Union, short of Idaho but about 193 miles from home.
KTVZ, Bend - Bend lawn-chair balloonist soars high on 2nd flight
In preparing for his second long-distance lawn-chair balloon flight, Bend gas station owner Kent Couch said he didn't even bother to put a seat belt on the contraption this time, "because I didn't think I'd need one."
AP nation news - StatesmanJournal.com
Attached to the lawn chair were 105 balloons of various colors, each 4 feet around. Bundled together, the balloons rise three stories high.
The Bulletin | Bend / Central Oregon News - Floating at 11,000 feet
Kent Couch, of Bend, sailed with his cluster balloons on the way to Idaho early Saturday morning. He was climbing at roughly 800 feet per minute...
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Kent Couch
Kent Couch is a 47-year-old gas station attendant who in July of 2007 flew 193 miles in a lawnchair powered by 105 large helium balloons.
KPRC, Houston - Couch Takes Lawn Chair For Flight
Gas Station Owner Takes 2nd Flight In Helium Balloon-Powered Chair. "It was beautiful -- beautiful," he told KTVZ-TV.
KOMO TV, Seattle - Oregon man takes lawn chair up to 13,000 feet Couch, 47, is the latest American to emulate Larry Walters - who in 1982 rose three miles above Los Angeles in a lawn chair lifted by balloons.
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