http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/lawn-chair-pilot/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:49:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/lawn-chair-pilot/comment-page-1/#comment-149107 Diver Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:22:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/lawn-chair-pilot/#comment-149107 I knew someone who was there at the takeoff. He worked a small film studio, and they had a camera set up to record the takeoff. When they cut him loose, he didn't just drift up in the air, he shot straight up like a rocket. I knew someone who was there at the takeoff. He worked a small film studio, and they had a camera set up to record the takeoff. When they cut him loose, he didn't just drift up in the air, he shot straight up like a rocket.

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/lawn-chair-pilot/comment-page-1/#comment-59467 Jenny Sun, 24 Dec 2006 04:56:51 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/lawn-chair-pilot/#comment-59467 He's my hero! He's my hero!

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/lawn-chair-pilot/comment-page-1/#comment-59445 stacyj Sun, 24 Dec 2006 02:55:43 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/lawn-chair-pilot/#comment-59445 I'd read once that he killed himself, actually ... hmm, yeah, according to wikipedia he shot himself in the heart: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Walters Very sad ending for anybody, but perhaps especially for someone who spent his 15 minutes of fame doing something so gloriously weird and childlike ... I'd read once that he killed himself, actually ... hmm, yeah, according to wikipedia he shot himself in the heart: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Walters Very sad ending for anybody, but perhaps especially for someone who spent his 15 minutes of fame doing something so gloriously weird and childlike ...

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/lawn-chair-pilot/comment-page-1/#comment-59442 Miss Cellania Sun, 24 Dec 2006 02:53:56 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/lawn-chair-pilot/#comment-59442 It was suicide. His family doesn't know why. Sad. It was suicide. His family doesn't know why. Sad.

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/lawn-chair-pilot/comment-page-1/#comment-59440 Buzz Sun, 24 Dec 2006 02:46:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/lawn-chair-pilot/#comment-59440 wonder how he died in 93. Seems young wonder how he died in 93. Seems young

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