FIRST - Manned Free Gas Balloon To Cross The Pacific - Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Fisrt manned free gas balloon to cross the Pacific Ocean is on display at the Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Waymark Code: WMATZN
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 02/25/2011
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The balloon and advanced gondola used for the first Pacific Ocean crossing in history is on display at the Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The balloon and gondola are on display in the main hall of the museum. From Wikipedia:
Double Eagle V, piloted by Ben Abruzzo, Larry Newman, Ron Clark and Rocky Aoki, was the first balloon to cross the Pacific Ocean. It launched from Nagashima, Japan on November 10, 1981, and landed in Mendocino National Forest in California 84 hours and 31 minutes later, travelling a record 5,768 miles (9,283 km). Abruzzo and Newman had previously been two of the pilots of the Double Eagle II, which in 1978 became the first balloon to cross the Atlantic.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 11/10/1981
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