Man flies over South Africa in a chair tied to helium balloons, inspired by a movie
An English man strapped himself to a lawn chair with balloons and took flight over South Africa this week, he was inspired by the movie UP.
In “Up,” the 2009 animated film from Disney-Pixar, a man straps balloons to his house to travel to South America.
Tom Morgan, 38, flew for more than 15 miles at 8,000 feet in the air while strapped to just a lawn chair and 100 giant helium balloons.
The video of his flight was posted by the Adventurists, a group that says its mission is "fighting to make the world less boring"
He doesn't seem to stop as his next plan is to launch a three-day, long distance race flying with the balloons. The Adventurists' website does warn people that "these are genuinely dangerous things to do" and that people cannot "overestimate the risks involved in taking part in these adventures."
-PTC News
