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On July 2, 1982, a Store manager from Oklahoma flew 16,000 feet into the sky in a lawn chair.
JerryRay Barton Sr., 33, from Atoka, had dreamed of flying his whole life. He bought 42 eight-foot helium weather balloons, tied them to a regular Sears lawn chair, strapped on a parachute, packed a BB gun to pop balloons to descend, a CB radio, sandwiches, and a six-pack of root beer.
He expected to float a few hundred feet above his backyard.
He cut the rope and shot up like a rocket — to 16,000 feet. He drifted directly into the main approach path for LAX. Two airline pilots radioed the tower: they had just passed a man in a lawn chair holding a gun at 16,000 feet.
For 45 minutes, he floated over Atoka , caney, lehigh, stringtown, tushka and almost to Antlers, freezing cold, too scared to shoot balloons because he might fall. Finally, he started popping balloons one by one and slowly descended.
He landed tangled in Pso power lines in Muskogee, Oklahoma, causing a blackout. When police arrested him, they asked why he did it. He said, "A man can't just sit around."
The FAA fined him $4,000. He became a national folk hero — Lawnchair Jerry — and inspired folks from all around, even Jerry Holley , Jerrie Hankins , John Oksa , Kevin Abrahamsen , Frances Vaughn , Adam Russian , and Jess English...............😎

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