BEND, Ore. – Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert ...

BEND, Ore. ” Riding a green lawn chair supported by a rainbow array of more than 150 helium-filled party balloons, Kent Couch took off today, Saturday, in a third bid to fly from central Oregon all ...

BEND, Ore. – An Oregon gas station owner and an Iraqi adventurer took flight Saturday aboard a pair of lawn chairs suspended from helium-filled party balloons in an attempt to fly across Oregon and ...

2002-07-03 04:00:00 PDT San Francisco-- Something important was proved Tuesday in San Francisco when a young man strapped himself into a lawn chair tied to a strand of flimsy balloons and floated 50 ...

BEND, Ore. — An Oregon gas station owner and an Iraqi adventurer trying to fly from Central Oregon to Montana in tandem lawn chairs suspended from party balloons made a hard landing Saturday after ...

BEND, Ore. – Last weekend, Kent Couch settled down in his lawn chair with some snacks — and a parachute. Attached to his lawn chair were 105 large helium balloons. Destination: Idaho. With instruments ...

BEND, Ore. — Riding a green lawn chair supported by a rainbow array of more than 150 helium-filled party balloons, Kent Couch succeeded Saturday in his third bid to fly from central Oregon all the way ...

BEND, Ore. (AP) — Hours into their lawn-chair balloon flight, two men made a hard landing after they were hit by hail and snow as thunderstorms swept into central Oregon — but their backyard aircraft ...