On Fri, 7 Jul 2000 11:02:59 EDT, WKato@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>Believe it or not, this happened in Los Angeles about 15 years ago. Some
>idiot tied about 8 helium filled weather balloons to a lawnchair to visit his
>girlfriend in Riverside (about 20 miles away). The radar at Los Angeles
>International picked him up as he crossed the flight path. Somehow he was
>able to deflate the balloons enough so he didn't crash land (or maybe he just
>got rid of enough beer to act as a ballast dump).
He had a BB gun and shot the balloons one at a time. Caused a big
stir.
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B.B. Bean - Have horn, will travel
bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Peach Orchard, MO
http://www.beancotton.com/bbbean.shtml
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