Lawn Chair Ballon Flight - Crime or No Crime?
@snb7090 (62)
United States
April 8, 2017 8:36pm CST
I was looking over some news articles today and found this.
A Canadian man was fined $26,500 by an Alberta court for using more than 100 helium balloons to take a lawn chair flight over Calgary.
Provincial court Judge Bruce Fraser heard Daniel Boria, 27, who pleaded guilty in December to dangerous operation of an aircraft, strapped more than 100 balloons to a lawn chair in July 2015 and flew 2-1/2 miles over Calgary.
Judge Bruce Fraser called Boria's stunt "dumb and dangerous" and "unconscionably stupid."
He says he has no regrets. I am thinking it may have been kind of fun.
Thoughts?
Daniel Boria quoted John F. Kennedy's moon speech and compared himself to the Wright brothers to explain why he tied more than 100 helium balloons to a lawn chair and floated above Calgary. Boria, 27, today was ordered to pay $26,500 in fines after pleadin
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