Video of Kent Couch's balloon flight

Video of Kent Couch's balloon flight

A man in the US has flown 235 miles on a garden chair using 150 helium-filled party balloons to lift him.

Kent Couch, an Oregon gas station owner, covered the distance in nine and a half hours. He lifted off at dawn in a green lawn chair tied to around 150 giant party balloons.

See Kent's 2008 flight map.