BEND, Ore. (AP) – Hours into their lawn-chair balloon flight, two men made a hard landing after they were hit by hail and snow as thunderstorms swept into central Oregon. But their back-yard aircraft ...

Kent Couch and Fareed Lafta were lifted by 350 balloons. July 14, 2012— -- An Oregon gas station owner and his Iraqi co-pilot who lifted into flight today on two lawn chairs tethered to 350 ...

BEND, Ore. -- A gas station owner and an Iraqi adventurer trying to fly from Oregon to Montana in tandem lawn chairs suspended from party balloons made a hard landing Saturday after aborting their ...

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Four years ago, Kent Couch made headlines by floating through the clouds in a lawn chair hoisted by party balloons from Oregon to Idaho. He’s going to fly again, this time ...

BEND, Ore. — An Oregon gas station owner and an Iraqi adventurer trying to fly from Central Oregon to Montana in tandem lawn chairs suspended from party balloons made a hard landing Saturday after ...