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Solo Transatlantic Balloon Crossing, Anniversary: 1984

September 14th, 2024

From September 14 to 18, 1984, Joe Kittinger left Caribou, ME in a 10-story-tall, helium-filled balloon named Rosie O'Grady's Balloon of Peace. He crossed the Atlantic Ocean, and reached the French coast on the 17th, and later crash-landed in Italy on September 18.

Source: firstflight.org/colonel-joe-kittinger/

 
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