Flying Chair

[kea001]

 The shots were taken at a staggering 98,268 feet above the earth using Toshiba's own cameras
• To reach the altitude required and to conform with Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the weight of the rig had to be carefully managed to a weight of no more than four pounds
• Tied to the rig was a specially created full-sized model chair made of biodegradable balsa wood – the chair was made by a company called Artem and cost about £2,500
• Launch coordinates of the rig were - 119 degrees, 14 minutes by 40 degrees, 48 minute (12 miles North-East of the town of Gerlach, Nevada)
• The quality of the footage from the Toshiba IK-HR1S cameras was: 1920x1080 pixel count; 1080i @ 50hz; 100 Mbps
• The temperature dropped to minus 90 degrees when the chair reached 52,037 feet
• The chair took 83 minutes to reach an altitude of 98,268 feet where it broke and took just 24 minutes to fall back down to earth with the rig.

from Live Leak:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=379_1258470423

[cptkirk]

Saw this video this morning as well.  Pretty awesome footage.  Almost looks like you could just sit in that seat all the way up. 

[Squawk 7700]

wow, that's cool footage!

[Robert Larson]

Thought this might be a hoax on first viewing. Research reveals it's been done before. This is a similar stunt and shows the trip up. And down. And has pics of the camera rig used. Interesting.

http://bear.sbszoo.com/bear3-4/bear4.htm

[atcman23]

That's an awesome idea for a commercial!  I see that they used a weather balloon for the chair.  We now know what it looks like when a RAOB is launched.

[craigs1001]

Hey...OMG......OMG..... Call 911..........there was a little boy (casper) sitting in that chair.........call the TV station first if you don't mind.  Ballon boy has nothing on chair boy (casper). 

[squeegeeboy]

Awesome footage and a fantastic marketing idea. Don't know why I laughed when the balloon popped.