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Lawn Chair Balloonist Plans To Fly Again

WACO (June 15, 2012)--Four years ago Kent Couch made headlines by floating from Oregon to Idaho on a lawn chair hoisted into the clouds by party balloons and he’s set to fly again, this time with a copilot sitting on a second lawn chair at his side.

They are planning to take off July 14 from the parking lot of Couch's gas station and convenience store in Bend, Ore., the way he did in 2008 when he floated 235 miles to an Idaho farm field.

Fareed Lafta, an Iraqi adventurer and skydiver will ride on a lawn chair attached to Couch's.

Couch says he and Lafta plan to travel farther than on Couch's last trip, going all the way to southwestern Montana, about 360 miles.


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