# Up up and away, part 2

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-up-and-away-part-2/411209
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 10, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-up-and-away-part-2/411209 "2007-07-10T15:35:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Guy\_Betty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Guy\_Betty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Betty)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-up-and-away-part-2/411209/1 "2007-07-10T15:35:59Z")

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[Lawn chair, weather ballons, yada yada yada…](http://ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=6759982)

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### Author: ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2007, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-up-and-away-part-2/411209/2 "2007-07-11T01:56:49Z")

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Pretty neat!

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### Author: ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-up-and-away-part-2/411209/3 "2007-07-11T02:58:56Z")

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And Mythbusters said it couldn’t be done!

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### Author: ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2007, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-up-and-away-part-2/411209/4 "2007-07-11T03:33:17Z")

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I saw a clip of it on the news.

Turbulence would suck extensively.

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### Author: ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-up-and-away-part-2/411209/5 "2007-07-11T15:14:51Z")

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I actually tried this when I was probably 8 years old. An aluminum lawn chair with the plastic webbing, a couple black trash bags, string or rope, and a couple candles. About all I got out of it was melted trash bags. :rolleyes:

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### Author: ![Aioua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@Aioua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aioua)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-up-and-away-part-2/411209/6 "2007-07-11T16:38:20Z")

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[QUOTE=picunurse]  
And Mythbusters said it couldn’t be done!  
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Um… not only did they say it could be done, they did it.