Kent Couch and Iraqi winger Lafta Fareed put off Oregon in chairs attached to helium balloons
Two men sitting on chairs attached to a group of 350 helium balloons lifted skyward Oregon Saturday in an attempt to beat the Guinness world record for the longest two men in a balloon cluster .
An estimated crowd of over 1,000 spectators attended Kent Couch and his wingman Fareed Lafta in Iraq took off from the parking lot of the Stop & Go Couch Mini Mart in Bend, Oregon.
They pulled into a clear sky with light winds. Half an hour later, they were a little red dot, white and blue in the northeast of the curve, the drift towards Idaho. The couple has a parachute.
"is a pre-flight for our trip to Iraq to bring more awareness to orphans," Couch said before the flight.
Lafta said contacted him a year ago and asked him to accompany a group balloon ride to raise money for children orphaned by the war in Iraq.
Couch, who hopes to Montana on the flight Lafta asked to choose a comfortable chair and join him.
Flights Couch previoushave up to 235 miles in 2008. He hopes GO 500 miles on Saturday and save the feat with Guinness World Record.
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