LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 3, 1982 

* "Lawn Chair Larry" Walters folklore flight
* Patio chair w/ weather balloons - 16,000 feet

The front page has a two column heading: "Seat-of-the-Pants Pilot Goes Aloft in Lawn Chair" with lead-in: "Balloons Take Him to 16,000 Feet" and photo. First report coverage continues on page 26 with another related photo. (see images) 
complete 1st section only with all 28 pages, nice condition.

Background: Larry Walters’ 1982 flight remains one of aviation history’s most astonishing anomalies, defining an extreme tier of amateur, uncertified flight that has virtually never been replicated with such improvised audacity. Utilizing 42 weather balloons tied to a standard Sears aluminum patio chair dubbed the Inspiration I, Walters intended a modest 30-foot hover over his San Pedro backyard, yet unexpectedly launched into controlled airspace to a staggering altitude of 16,000 feet—putting a lawn-chair occupant directly in the flight paths of commercial airliners approaching Los Angeles International Airport. Equipped with little more than a CB radio, a parachute, gallon water jugs for ballast, and a BB pellet gun meant to shoot down individual balloons for a controlled descent, his survival without major injury—despite dropping his gun mid-descent and tangling into Long Beach power lines—makes the feat a legendary rarity in aeronautical history, earning him the experimental flight record for cluster ballooning, an FAA fine, and an indelible spot in American folklore.