John Korb writes,

> Well, until tonight I thought that the story of the fellow who flew a lawn
> chair to 16,000 feet, finally landing in Long Beach, was just
> another urban
> legend.  Not now.  On WSBK (Boston station I receive via satellite) they
> are airing  (9:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT) a show "Totally Ridiculous" in which
> they showed photographs and camcorder tapes of the flight, and had
> interviews with an FAA official.

Which is why I fly AROUND Boston and not over it... one never knows what one
might find at 2500 feet in that TCA <g>

(OK, I've been known to land at Braintree, and an emergency landing on I-495
a LONG time ago --- but that's still "around Boston" and not BOS proper)

Cheers,
Joe