Up In The Air Week: Lawn Chair Larry Takes To The Sky

Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson

This week we're replaying some of our favorite episodes that take place up in the air. In this one from July 2019, the story of Larry Walters, who entered aviation history as the pilot of a craft called Inspiration I. That craft was a lawn chair attached to 42 large weather balloons. Plus: some high school students in Toronto, Ontario use a weather balloon to launch a Lego figure into near space.

Up, Up, and Away! Did Larry Walters soar above Los Angeles in a lawn chair attached to helium weather balloons? (Snopes)

Teens Put Lego Man in 'Space' (Actually Stratosphere)

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