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TIL of Larry "Lawnchair Larry" Walters, who, in 1982, attached helium balloons to his lawnchair and flew at an altitude of 16,000 feet, and used a pellet gun to pop balloons before dropping the gun, then continued to land on power lines. He was later charged $1,500 for not communicating with an ATC

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