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• July 5: Kent Couch describes the joy of his childhood fantasy of being able to fly by grabbing clusters of helium balloons prior to taking flight in Bend, Ore. The 48-year-old gas station owner took off from Bend in a lawn chair attached to more than 150 balloons in hopes of flying more than 200 miles to Idaho.
• July 5: Kent Couch smiles as he prepares to take off in his latest attempt to fly from his gas station in Bend, Ore., more than 200 miles to Idaho.
• July 5: Riding a lawn chair tied to more than 150 giant party balloons, gas station owner Kent Couch soars into the sky over Bend, Ore.
• July 5: Kent Couch lifts off from his gas station in Bend, Ore., in his lawn chair rigged with more than 150 giant party balloons.
• July 5: Kent Couch leaves his gas station in Bend, Ore., riding on a lawn chair rigged with more than 150 giant party balloons in an attempt to fly to Idaho.
• July 7, 2007: In this file photo, Ken Couch sits in his lawn chair near Bend, Ore., prior to liftoff in his second attempt to fly from Oregon to Idaho.
• July 7, 2007: Kent Couch floats in the skies near Bend, Ore., in his second attempt to fly from Oregon to Idaho.