Man flies 193 miles in lawn chair

[Andrew]

That looks fun, but I still think the guy is a nut:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/10/flying.lawn.chair.ap/index.html

[Scott]

Wow, lets see how he did that?........lawn chair.............check  .................helium balloons...........check  ...........BB gun .............check .................... parachute.................check  .

Pilot: Air traffic control there's a man in a lawn chair up here at 5,000 feet.

Control Tower: Roger that United............stop by the office upon your arrival.

[DodgingGrunge]

Mommy, a naked American man stole my balloons!

It looks like he ended up paying a $1500 fine for the opportunity.  Haha.  Somehow I just can't see how a lawn chair and some balloons would qualify as something that violates air traffic control policy.  It'd be like if a little kid put a cardboard box around his skateboard, colored it to look like a car, and scooted down the street.  Is that kid guilty of driving without a license?  Is he?  Haha.  The truth is, we are all guilty.  Guilty of being human beings, damn it! 

[Torgo]

Didn't someone win a Darwin Award in the past for trying this stunt, panicking, popping too many balloons too quickly and dying during the fast descent?