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  2. Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta - Wikipedia

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    The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is a yearly hot air balloon festival that takes place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during early October. The Balloon Fiesta is a nine-day event occurring in the first full week of October, and has over 500 hot air balloons each year, far from its beginnings of merely 13 balloons in 1972. [ 1 ]

  3. History of ballooning - Wikipedia

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    The first manned balloon flight in Britain was by James Tytler on 27 August 1784. Tytler flew his balloon from Abbeyhill to Restalrig, then suburbs of Edinburgh. He flew for ten minutes at a height of 350 feet. [32] The first manned balloon flight in England was by Signor Vincent Lunardi who ascended from Moorfields (London) on 15 September ...

  4. Albuquerque, New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    From this commercial center on July 4, 1882, Park Van Tassel became the first to fly a balloon in Albuquerque with a landing at Old Town. [23] This was the first balloon flight in the New Mexico Territory. Due to a rising rate of violent crime, gunman Milt Yarberry was appointed the town's first marshal that year. New Albuquerque was ...

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  6. Park Van Tassel - Wikipedia

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    In May, 1882 Van Tassel expressed interest in making a balloon ascension at Albuquerque, New Mexico. [7] After a full day of inflation with coal gas from the Albuquerque Gas Works, Van Tassel made the first human flight in New Mexico at 6:15pm on July 4, 1882. He launched from an area near Second Street between Railroad (Central) and Gold Avenues.

  7. Double Eagle II Airport - Wikipedia

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    It is owned by the City of Albuquerque. [1] Located on the far west side of the city, it is Albuquerque's second airport after Albuquerque International Sunport. Construction began in 1982, and the airport was named for the Double Eagle II balloon, the first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean, piloted by Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry ...

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