While the world has been celebrating the heroics of the Apollo programme, I've been working on another heroic - though completely bonkers - piece of aviation history.

Larry Walters flew in a lawn-chair from his suburban California garden - and managed to cause a power failure across Los Angeles. It's a story which learners of all ages can enjoy and it comes with activities. You can find it here:

http://younglearners.eslreading.org/strange/strange/flyingchair.html

http://www.eslreading.org/strange/strange/lawnchairlarry.html

The young learners version omits reference to a sad postscript to the story.