Larry Walters, American truck driver and pilot (born 1949)

Lawnchair Larry flight

Homemade aerostat using weather balloons

On July 2, 1982, Larry Walters made a 45-minute flight in a homemade aerostat made of an ordinary lawn chair and 42 helium-filled weather balloons. The aircraft rose to an altitude of about 16,000 feet (4,900 m), drifted from the point of liftoff in San Pedro, California, and…