peek 20 #1 March 20, 2017 Does anyone know this guy? Maybe tell him it was cool to him but not such a good idea? http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Balloonatic-Assessed-26500-228668-1.html Was this posted here in July when he did it? http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Man-Charged-In-Balloon-Chair-Stunt-224399-1.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 261 #2 March 20, 2017 Not much info but Calvin19 had posted about it in 2015: www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4741516; As one Canadian jumper wrote in the thread: Quotethis guy learned at the dz i work at. this balloon jump was his 20th jump. total. he doesn`t even know how to pack his own main yet.the last time i saw him jump was 2 days before the balloon stunt, and he missed the landing field... (The jumper himself claimed 30 jumps. Whatever.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuckakers 370 #3 March 20, 2017 https://www.facebook.com/daniel.valentino.9Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 910 #4 March 20, 2017 Dummy. He could have bought a balloon. http://www.hotairballooning.com/classified/listing/5633/1995_aerostar_aurora_69.html and got a local pilot to teach him how to fly it. Then got a decent used rig as well. For the $26,500 plus legal fees. But that would not have included his 15 minutes of fame. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 3 #5 March 20, 2017 It was first done in the LA area in 1982 by Larry Walters. A movie production company recreated it flying out of Apple Valley Airport.My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WV177RG 19 #6 March 23, 2017 Kevin Walsh, inspired by Larry Walters' story, made a similar flight in Massachusetts in 1984. Details toward the end of this Snopes article on Walters: http://www.snopes.com/travel/airline/walters.asp Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
