ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Lawnchair Larry flight

Okay kiddo, so Lawnchair Larry was a man who wanted to fly like a bird, but he didn't have any wings. So he got an idea to tie a bunch of balloons to a lawn chair so that he could fly up into the sky.

Now, you may be thinking that this was a very silly and dangerous idea, and you're right! It's not safe to fly in a lawn chair like that. But Lawnchair Larry really wanted to fly, so he did it anyway.

He had to make sure that the balloons were tied down really well to the chair, and that he had enough balloons to lift him up into the sky. And then he took off!

He started floating up into the air, and he went higher and higher. He didn't have a way to steer the lawn chair, though, so he just went wherever the wind took him.

Eventually, he ended up in the airspace near an airport! Oops! That's not a safe place to be when you're just floating in a chair. The airplanes could crash into him!

Luckily, the people in the airplanes saw Lawnchair Larry and they were able to avoid him. They were very surprised to see a man floating in a lawn chair up in the sky!

Lawnchair Larry eventually landed safely, but he got in trouble with the police for doing something very dangerous. So, while it's fun to dream about flying like a bird, it's important to always do things safely and not take risks like Lawnchair Larry did.