Lawn Chair Larry Death

In 1982 Larry Walters achieved his life long dream to fly when he attached some weather balloons to his lawn chair.

Lawn chair larry death. Lawn Chair Larry. At 11 am. Larry hiked into the forest and shot himself on October 6 1993.

A fictionalized version of Larry Walters story was the basis for the musical The Flight of the Lawn Chair Man which played in Philadelphia in 2000. While he left no note explaining the motive of his suicide when he was interviewed about his trip on the lawn chair he provided an explanation. After a welcome from law enforcement Larry and his lucky landing earned their five minutes of fame appearing on Letterman and The Tonight Show.

Walters intended to fly only to an altitude of 30 feet or so before leveling off while munching sandwiches and pounding a. The plan was simple. Larry Walters who achieved dubious fame in 1982 when he piloted a lawn chair attached to helium balloons 16000 feet above Long Beach has committed suicide.

While hanging in his chair in the lines he was only 5 feet from the ground where he jumped into the waiting arms of the Long Beach police and several federal officials. Dubbed Inspiration I the flying machine consisted of an ordinary patio chair with 45 helium-filled weather balloons. Larrys Lawnchair is the Official documentary of Larry Lawnchair Walters the 1982 Lawnchair Balloon pilot.

His story however inspired a generation of lawn chair piloting balloonists. Attach the 42 helium weather balloons he had purchased at an Army Navy store to his trusty aluminum lawn chair. He enjoyed intermittent demand as a motivational speaker but said he never made much money from his innovative flight.

He died at the age of 44. The Smithsonian Institution asked him to donate his lawn chair to the National Air Space Museum but he had to sheepishly admit he had given it away. On July 2nd 1982 33 year-old Larry Walters tied 42 helium-filled weather balloons to a Sears lawnchair and floated up over 16000 feet above Los Angeles.