Lawnchair Larry

[Ed Haywood]

For no particular reason, a reminder that this actually happened.

Lawnchair Larry flight - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[bbchien]

I actually remember that!

 

[ArrowFlyer86]

"He took his pellet gun, a CB Radio, sandwiches, 2 litres of Coca-Cola, a pack of beer and a camera."

Absolute legend.

 

[Jim K]

Ultralight... No license needed. Too bad he didn't know enough to stay out of controlled airspace.

 

[judypilot]

I remember that, too.

 

[RotateNews]

Oh yeah, made a ton of news.

 

[Racerx]

"He took his pellet gun, a CB Radio, sandwiches, 2 litres of Coca-Cola, a pack of beer and a camera."

Absolute legend.

With all that liquid, where did he take a leak?

 

[Daleandee]

With all that liquid, where did he take a leak?

"Look out below ..."

 

[frfly172]

So was the lawn chair considered an E LSA

 

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

So was the lawn chair considered an E LSA

Part 103
E-LSA generally has to be a copy of an S-LSA built to the "consensus" standards.

 

[MauleSkinner]

Part 103
E-LSA generally has to be a copy of an S-LSA built to the "consensus" standards.

And E-LSA (or LSA, for that matter) didn’t exist at the time.

 

[Matthew]

Even the Wright brothers started out with no clearance.

 

[Lowflynjack]

Unfortunately, he killed himself. I remember when I heard that on the news. Sad day. He was that crazy friend we all have, but times two!

 

[Ed Haywood]

Ultralight... No license needed. Too bad he didn't know enough to stay out of controlled airspace.

Appears you need a PPL - Lighter Than Air to fly a manned balloon. So I guess it's too light to be ultralight.

 

[Ed Haywood]

Even the Wright brothers started out with no clearance.

They cleared themselves.

 

[Lowflynjack]

Even the Wright brothers started out with no clearance.

And they all ended up in the Smithsonian!! Chair of Lawn Chair Larry Walters

 

[Ed Haywood]

And they all ended up in the Smithsonian!! Chair of Lawn Chair Larry Walters

That is everything I dreamed it would be.

 

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

Even the Wright brothers started out with no clearance.

They invented the LSA.

 

[Matthew]

They invented the LSA.

Dudes didn’t even have to worry about a ramp check. Slackers.