"Lawrence Richard Walters", nicknamed ""Lawnchair Larry"" or the ""Lawn Chair Pilot"", was an American truck driver who took flight on July 2, 1982, in a homemade airship. Dubbed Inspiration I, the "flying machine" consisted of an ordinary patio chair with 45 helium-filled weather balloons/weather balloons attached to it. Walters rose to an altitude of over and floated from his point of origin in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California/San Pedro, California, into controlled airspace near Los Angeles International Airport. His flight was widely reported.

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Lawn chair Lindy solos over L.A.

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He agreed to stay out of the adult Web site business for the term of his probation.

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Now we've found out the city arrested her under an unconstitutional ordinance.

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It's best you do it and get it out of your system.

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[Unfortunately, things went wrong right away when Larry and his lawn chair reached 100 feet and tore the tether off the car. But Walters wasn't upset - he was thrilled. He told Plimpton:] I could see the orange funnels of the Queen Mary. ... This is TWA 231, level at 16,000 feet. We have a man in a chair attached to balloons in our 10 o'clock position, range five miles.

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That chair should be in the Smithsonian.

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