Up Into The Clouds
Can you even begin to fathom how Walters must have been feeling during all of this insanity? Not only was he finally realizing the dream he had carried with him his entire life, but it was also taking him much further than he had ever imagined it would in more ways than one. Due to the fact that he had reached such a height, two commercial airliners were able to detect him on their radar.
“When he went up into the clouds, and heard engines of planes, and he couldn’t see them, and they couldn’t see him, he went ‘oh my goodness,'” Van Deusen said to UPI. “When he went up into the clouds, and heard engines of planes, and he couldn’t see them, and they couldn’t see him, he went ‘oh. And before he knew it, Walters was drifting over Long Beach and heading into the approach corridor of Long Beach Airport, which is something that will be shown in the upcoming documentary film The Lawnchair Pilot.