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Balloon guy Dan Boria who gained notoriety during last year’s Stampede is looking to soar much higher by next year.

Boria shocked the city last summerwhen he launched himself several hundred metres above the city’s skyline while sitting in a lawn chair tied to 120 oversized helium balloons.

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The incident resulted in several criminal and other related charges, including mischief causing danger to life, dangerous operation of an aircraft and operating an aircraft without a pilot’s licence.

But while Boria is yet to appear in court on the charges, with a date set for October, he is already planning his next foray into high-flying danger with his “Mission to Space on a Lawn Chair” next summer.

“It will be phenomenal,” he said. “I know I can do this. I’m very confident. And I still have a whole year to prepare.”

Boria said he has already purchased a 1970s Soviet space suit he plans to refurbish, and is working towards getting his pilot’s licence and a radio operator’s licence.