Re: [OM] [OT helium balloons] Anyone got a shift lens for sale?

[Lex Jenkins]

If I hadn't seen the story and photos I would have sworn this was the stuff 
of urban legend.
Lex

> From: Mark Dapoz <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > 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).
>
> If you want to see the full article, I've put it here:
>
> http://www.compmore.net/~mdapoz/balloon.gif
>
> It's amazing what some people will do.......
>                                 -mark
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