Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

On this day in 1982, a dude named Larry Walters entered aviation history as the pilot of a craft called Inspiration I - which was a lawn chair attached to 42 large weather balloons. Plus:  the story of some high school students in Toronto, Ontario, who used a weather balloon to launch a Lego figure into near space.  Up, Up, and Away! Did Larry Walters soar above Los Angeles in a lawn chair attached to helium weather balloons? (Snopes)  Teens Put Lego Man in 'Space' (Actually Stratosphere)    Back Cool Weird Awesome on Patreon and help it, um, fly!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message