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Colorado Springs has a father in ballooning, reflects on audacious career

By Seth Boster - Colorado Springs Gazette






TALES OF HOT-AIR FREE BALLOONING

By Kenneth E. Scheer -- March 2015




Articles from the LTA Flight Magazine

Reinhard Reflects on His 1977 Balloon Flight Across the Atlantic Ocean


The English Channel Flight That Brought Hot-Air Ballooning to the World

This "English Channel Crossing" story features America’s two legendary balloonists, the late Mr. Ed Yost (30 June 1919 – 27 May 2007),who is known as the father of the modern hot-air balloon, and the recently deceased Mr. Don Piccrd (13 Jan. 1926 - 13 Sep. 2020).




1st Annual Snowmass Balloon Festival

Aspen, Colorado

July 1976

Photos by Nick DeWolf

Set includes photographs of:

- The 1st Annual Snowmass Balloon Festival
- A lacrosse match in Wagner Park; Aspen State Teachers College vs. San Antonio
- Rugby in Wagner Park, featuring the Gentlemen of Aspen Rugby Football Club
- 'A Night in Old Ashcroft' - celebration in the area ghost town, part of the area's Bicentennial activities
- Nightlife, at the Aspen Inn
- The Aspen Alpine Cup Bike Race
- Snowmass Village, from the air
- Stapleton Airport, Denver
- Live music, face painting and group dancing, under a tent; photos from an unidentified summer event
- An unidentified wedding at Aspen Chapel

Part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of Nick DeWolf. 
Image numbers indicate reel number and image number on reel.

Here is the link:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/sets/72157635083171193/


The Tracy Barnes Documentary: A Lighter-Than-Air Pioneer

Updates will be be posted here when they become available. 



Updated October 31, 2020