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May 2007 Blog Posts (4)

The Loss of a Pioneer

I just received this email from the FAI Ballooning Commission...



Dear Friends,



I have the sad duty to announce that Ed Yost, the father of modern hot air ballooning, died last Sunday at his home in Taos,

New Mexico, aged 87.



Ed was a living monument and he was the first living inductee into the FAI Ballooning Commission Hall of Fame in 1995. (http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=37531).…
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Added by Andrew Robertson on May 30, 2007 at 10:42am — No Comments

New BFA Website

The new BFA website has been launched. It looks pretty slick.

Added by Andrew Robertson on May 26, 2007 at 9:57pm — No Comments

Cluster Balloon Time Lapse


Looks like a lot of work to go for a flight, but how cool is it.

Added by Andrew Robertson on May 23, 2007 at 11:04am — No Comments

Hot air balloon Adventures in the Andes

Great video of 12 years of ballooning adventures in the Andes by…

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Added by Andrew Robertson on May 3, 2007 at 11:07am — No Comments

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