On July 2, 1982, Larry Walters (April 19, 1949 – October 6, 1993) made a 45-minute flight in a homemade aerostat made of an ordinary lawn chair and 42 helium-filled weather balloons. [2] The aircraft rose to an altitude of about 16,000 feet (4,900 m), drifted from the point of liftoff in San Pedro, California , and entered controlled airspace ...

Lawrence Richard Walters, nicknamed "Lawnchair Larry" or the "Lawn Chair Pilot", (April 19, 1949 – October 6, 1993) was an American truck driver. [1] On 2 July 1982 he flew very high in the sky in a homemade aircraft.

2019年6月19日 · 历史上真有这号奇人，他的名字叫拉里 · 沃尔特斯（Larry Walters ），据公开资料显示，沃尔特斯出生于1949年，从小就梦想飞行，用他的话来说，“如果不让他飞，还不如被送进精神病院，”

2018年4月17日 · Larry Walters, a.k.a., "Lawnchair Larry," once took a journey 16,000 feet into the air with nothing but a lawnchair and some weather balloons. Born in 1949 in Los Angeles, Calif., Larry Walters had originally wanted to be a pilot in the United States Air Force, but poor eyesight prevented him from reaching his goal.

On July 2, 1982, Los Angeles truck driver Larry Walters launched his “aircraft”—a Sears lawn chair dubbed Inspiration— from his backyard. He had attached to it more than 40 helium-filled ...

2018年10月16日 · July 2, 1982, San Pedro, Calif.— Larry Walters, a 33-year-old truck driver, lofted into the air in perhaps the most precarious way possible—in a Sears lawn chair. Lift was provided by 42 helium-filled weather balloons.

2014年4月19日 · In July 1982, a truck driver named Larry Walters decided to follow his dream. That dream was flying, something Walters knew precious little about.

2023年11月12日 · Lawnchair Larry was a man who took to the sky in 1982. His name was Larry Walters, but he got his nickname after ascending to an altitude of over three miles in a chair lifted by helium-filled balloons. Up to this day, he is remembered as an everyday man with a dream who executed an odd plan and succeeded.

1993年11月24日 · Larry Walters, who achieved dubious fame in 1982 when he piloted a lawn chair attached to helium balloons 16,000 feet above Long Beach, has committed suicide at the age of 44.

Larry Walters - "Lawn Chair Pilot" July 2nd, 1982. The Dreams of Youth... Born Lawrence Richard Walters in April of 1949, Larry had always dreamed of flying. At the age of 13, on a visit to an Army-Navy surplus store, he saw several empty weather balloons hanging from the store's ceiling, and thought that it would be an interesting way to ...