Larry, aged 33, was not a pilot, but a truck driver in Los Angeles. One day, while sitting outside in his lawn chair, Larry had his eureka moment. As he watched jets fly overhead, an idea came to him to use weather balloons to fly.

33岁的拉里不是一名飞行员，而是洛杉矶的一名卡车司机。一天，当拉里坐在屋外的折椅上时，突然灵机一动。他看到喷气机从头顶飞过，就想到可以用气象探测气球来飞行。

(短文节选,本篇始于：梦想起飞)