The current record listed by Guinness for the longest duration flight by helium balloons is held by Jonathan Trappe for a flight of 13 hours, 36 minutes, 57 seconds over North Carolina in April 2010. None of his flights have been certified by Guinness World Records. This time he hoped to set a world record. Mr Couch was at it again in 2010, racing another lawn chair balloonist in a flight that went about 70 miles. That's when he pulled out his trusty BB rifle and shot out enough balloons to come to earth in a pasture outside the tiny farming community of Cambridge, Idaho. After lifting off at dawn July 5 with the help of scores of volunteers, he floated at 35 mph across the high desert, reaching his goal of crossing the Idaho border. In 2007, he flew 193 miles before running low on helium and landing in the sagebrush of Eastern Oregon. Mr Couch's first time up was in 2006, when he got only 99 miles before the balloons started popping and he had to bail out. Mr Couch has wanted to float like a cloud since he was a child, and was inspired by a TV show about the 1982 lawn chair flight over Los Angeles by truck driver Larry Walters, who gained urban myth immortality. The flight is a warm-up for plans to fly a tandem lawn chair balloon rig in Baghdad sometime in the future. But winds initially carried them in a southeastern direction after the 10.20am liftoff. The two men hoped to fly through the night across the mountains of Idaho and touch down Sunday morning somewhere in southwestern Montana. Besides a GPS, satellite phone, and parachutes, they were carrying a Red Ryder BB rifle to shoot out enough balloons to come to earth when the time is right. The rig included 800 pounds of ballast - red Kool-Aid in 40-gallon barrels. on Tuesday.Ballast: Those tanks at the bottom of the rig are drums of Kool-Aid, which will be poured out to help the travels gain more lift if they need it They will travel to Los Angeles to face the 2-2 Sparks at 9:30 p.m. The four-point decision is the closest finish the team has seen all season. Nikolina Milić led all scorers with 18 points for Minnesota. Emma Meesseman led Chicago with 17 points and seven rebounds. The Lynx fall to 0-4 and are now the only team in the league without a win. The Lynx dropped their fourth straight contest 82-78 when the Sky paid a visit to Minneapolis on Saturday. The series will be decided on Sunday when the teams take Target Field for game three. Pre-game coverage starts at 12:00 p.m. Despite the loss, Relief Pitcher Jhoan Duran made franchise history, throwing fastballs at 103.1 and 103.3 mph. The Twins fall to 19-15 and the Guardians improve to 16-16. The Twins fell 3-2 to Cleveland in 10 innings on Saturday. Gio Urshela and Gary Sánchez each earned a run for Minnesota. Cloud. The Norsemen will kick off a best of three semifinal series on Friday. The Norsemen advance to the Robertson Cup after earning their second franchise Central Division title with a 3-2 win over Aberdeen in game four. Max Strand, Evan Murr, and Brandon Lajoie each netted one for St. The Bennies improve to 30-9 and will face Wartburg (29-12) Sunday at noon for the chance to advance to the Super Regional round. Ben's. The wins mark the third 30-plus win season and third trip to the Regional Championship in program history. Bryn Carlstrom led all scorers with three runs on the day for St. The Bennies shutout Illinois Wesleyan University 8-0 in five innings and then took down Nebraska Wesleyan University 8-0 in game two. The CSB softball team swept their Saturday games in the NCAA Regionals. Getting in the Garden Groove with John Schroeder.
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