{"id":272017,"date":"2017-03-19T13:24:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T17:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=272017"},"modified":"2020-10-26T22:31:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T02:31:56","slug":"canadian-fined-can26500-for-flying-balloon-powered-lawn-chair-over-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/es\/canadian-fined-can26500-for-flying-balloon-powered-lawn-chair-over-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian fined Can$26,500 for flying balloon-powered lawn chair over city"},"content":{"rendered":"
RAEL\u2019S COMMENT:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
Wonderful! Be as crazy as you can! It\u2019s worth the fine!<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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A man who strapped 120 helium balloons onto a lawn chair and flew over the Canadian city of Calgary as part of a stunt to promote his cleaning products business has been fined Can$26,500 (US$19,820) for the bizarre feat.<\/p>\n

In July 2015, Daniel Boria attached an estimated Can$13,000 worth of industrial balloons to a lawn chair and took to the skies. His plan was to pass over the grounds of the Calgary Stampede as hundreds of thousands of people attended the annual event.<\/p>\n

Boria reached an incredible estimated height of 14,000 feet during the stunt, but was forced to bail out of the chair early due to strong winds, parachuting back to terra firma.<\/p>\n

While Boria was in the air, 24 planes took off and landed in Calgary, CBC\u00a0report. After his exploit, Boria boasted of seeing a plane fly beneath him as he soared in the chair.<\/p>\n

He was labelled\u00a0\u201cthe balloonatic\u201d\u00a0in the aftermath of the stunt, and last December pleaded guilty to dangerous operation of an aircraft. Video footage shows Boria, now 27, taking flight at alarming speed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe chair was shaking, and I was looking down at my feet dangling through the clouds at a 747 flight taking off,\u201d\u00a0he told CBC after the stunt in 2015.\u00a0\u201cI saw a WestJet flight go right below me at one point.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boria\u2019s\u00a0\u201caircraft\u201d\u00a0travelled into the flight paths of commercial airplanes and was spotted by an incoming plane and the air traffic control tower.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe stunt was unconscionably stupid,\u201d\u00a0Judge Bruce Fraser said at the sentencing hearing on Friday.\u00a0\u201cThere was nothing fantastic, fun or exhilarating about it as the offender was quoted describing it. It was dumb and dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters outside the court, Boria apologized for wasting people\u2019s time, but\u00a0described\u00a0the flight as the most exhilarating experience he could ever imagine.<\/p>\n

He did not express any regret for the incident, which cost him nearly Can$40,000:\u00a0\u201cI have the greatest story to tell for the rest of my life. I understood the risks but, if you do anything, you’re going to get in trouble. If you don’t do anything, you won’t be in trouble but you won’t get anywhere either.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amazingly, Boria\u2019s\u00a0website\u00a0reveals that he has plans to repeat the stunt \u2013 but on this occasion, he wants to fly his chair all the way to space, 10 times higher than his first flight. He even produced a promotional video promising to attempt the trip in 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cMission to Space 2017 #theballoonguy is taking his balloon chair to new heights \u2013 all the way up into the stratosphere!\u201d\u00a0the video\u2019s description reads.\u00a0\u201cAll Clean Natural is attempting to break the world record for the highest-altitude free-fall jump and from 140,000ft… while in a lawn chair!\u201d<\/p>\n

The video says Boria will use a spacesuit, 500 balloons, and a lawn chair to fly to space. Whether his day in court will affect his plans is not yet known.<\/p>\n

Boria isn\u2019t the only person to attempt this real life version of the animated Pixar film Up. Also in 2015, skydiver Erik Roner flew 8,000 feet into the air while sitting on a lawn chair with 90 balloons attached. While airborne, Roner popped the balloons with a shotgun and skydived back down to earth.<\/p>\n

Roner\u00a0died\u00a0later that year when he struck a tree during a skydiving performance in the opening ceremony of a celebrity golf tournament in Squaw Valley, California.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.rt.com\/viral\/381315-balloon-lawn-chair-canada-boria\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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