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5 flights of lawn chair balloonists

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In 1937, ballooning pioneer Jean Piccard tested his idea of using clusters of balloons to fly by attaching 98 latex weather balloons (thus not quite recreating “99 Luftballons”) to a conventional balloon basket. The idea stuck, with one small adjustment: lawn chairs instead of baskets.

Here’s a look at the few, the proud, the crazy enough to tie balloons to a lawn chair and take their relaxation skyward.
via Mental Floss 

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