Lawn Chair Larry & His Homemade Flying Machine
Ridiculous Crime10 Dec 2024

Lawn Chair Larry & His Homemade Flying Machine

What do ya get when you strap 42 weather balloons to a lawn chair? The homemade flying machine of one Lawn Chair Larry. In the early '80s, the amateur aviator took to the skies of Southern California, where he reached such heights that planes taking off from LAX had to dodge Lawn Chair Larry!

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