Kent Couch flew for nine hours before landing his contraption in a field in Idaho - creating a sensation in the tiny farming community. Couch's wife, Susan, called him crazy: 'It's never been a dull moment since I married him. Each balloon gives four pounds of lift. The chair was about 400 pounds and Couch and his parachute 200 more.
'I'd go to 30,000 feet if I didn't shoot a balloon down periodically,' Couch said.
For that job, he carried a Red Ryder BB gun and a blow gun equipped with steel darts.
He also had a pole with a hook for pulling in balloons, a parachute in case anything went wrong, a handheld Global Positioning System device with altimeter, a satellite phone, and two GPS tracking devices.
'I'd go to 30,000 feet if I didn't shoot a balloon down periodically,' Couch said.
For that job, he carried a Red Ryder BB gun and a blow gun equipped with steel darts.
He also had a pole with a hook for pulling in balloons, a parachute in case anything went wrong, a handheld Global Positioning System device with altimeter, a satellite phone, and two GPS tracking devices.
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