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Archive Home > 2007 > December > 26 > Lawn chair balloonist looks back to the skies

Lawn chair balloonist looks back to the skies

By Sheila G. Miller / The Bulletin
December 26, 2007

In July, Bend resident Kent Couch made headlines around the world when he climbed into a lawn chair attached to dozens of helium balloons and floated nearly to Idaho.

“I still get about an e-mail a day about that,” Couch said.

After his story appeared in The Bulletin, The....

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