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Archive Home > 2007 > July > 07 > Bend man hopes to float to Idaho

Bend man hopes to float to Idaho

His homemade flying machine consists of a lawn chair and a bunch of balloons

By Ben Myers / The Bulletin
July 7, 2007

On Friday afternoon, Bend resident Kent Couch dangled in his reclining lawn chair, which hung about 3 feet off the ground attached to part of his house. The chair had some modifications. There were flanks made of aluminum scrap metal and a camera mount. And the back had been extended to make....

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