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Information on 2012 Flight!
This year, Kent Couch is going to be flying with Captain Fareed Lafta of Iraq! They lifted off on July 14th in Bend Oregon. But that isn’t all! The two have another balloon flight scheduled for the fall of 2012. And this next flight isn’t going to be in Bend, not Oregon, not even the USA. They’ll be launching from Fareed’s home country of Iraq!
2012 Flight
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Lawn Chair Flight Foiled by Bad Weather
July 16, 2012
Every adventure must come to an end — even those that have barely begun.
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Watch Kent Couch on CNN
July 14, 2012
Kent Couch and Fareed Lafta, who had hoped to reach northwest Montana by Sunday, landed late Saturday afternoon southeast of Prineville, Oregon, team officials said…
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Lawn chair helium balloon flight aborted due to thunderstorms
July 15, 2012
Pair trying to float from Oregon to Montana and set world record are forced to quit after travelling about 30 miles
2010 Flight
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Cluster balloon Guinness world records set while flying and racing across Oregon, USA
Jul 31, 2010
The two pilots- John Freis (L) and Kent Couch. Kent believes he may have broken the world altitude record of 18,235ft set by Englishman Mike Howard in 2001.
2008 Flight
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Kent Couch: Helium hero or balloonatic?
July 7, 2008
The tale of an Oregon man who lashed his chair to some balloons and drifted over 200 miles is a modern-day heroic fable
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Man takes flight in lawn chair lifted by balloons
July 5, 2008
Riding a green lawn chair supported by a rainbow array of more than 150 helium-filled party balloons, Kent Couch succeeded Saturday in his third bid to fly from central Oregon all the way to Idaho.
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Man flies 370km in garden chair attached to balloons
July 6, 2008
Helped by 150 helium balloons and an air pistol, Kent Couch flew across the Oregon desert.
2007 Flight
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Man floats 193 miles using chair, balloons
July 10, 2007
With instruments to measure his altitude and speed, a global positioning system device in his pocket, and about four plastic bags holding five gallons of water each to act as ballast, Couch headed into the Oregon sky.