<p>This July 5, 2008 file photo shows Kent Couch just before flying away from his gas station in Bend, Ore.</p>
November 4, 2011
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November 4, 2011 9 p.m.
Lawn-chair balloonist plans Baghdad flight
Oregon man to rig 300 balloons to lift himself, daredevil
Lawn-chair balloonist Kent Couch boarded a plane Thursday for the start of a journey that he hopes will end in Iraq with a safe launch and landing beneath a huge cluster of party balloons.