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Fact Of The Week 11/2/15

Time for the fact of the week! The military world was forever changed when 300 years of island security was over with the silent flight of German Zeppelins across the English Channel during World War I. The Zeppelins were gunned down by inexperienced pilots flying untried aircraft. The Zeppelins dropped bombs over the English Island, introducing an alarming new element to the first world war. Learn more in the book "The Zeppelin Fighters" by Arch Whitehouse, available to read in the Balloon Muse
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The Italia Over The Pole

Throughout the years there have been many attempts to research and fly or visit the North Pole. The pole has always held a certain fascination with the human species. In the late 19th century there was a great race to see what craft and which direction was the best and fastest to get to the north pole while still surviving the harsh climate. Unfortunately multiple lessons were learned the hard way- including a lesson on ballooning in the arctic. Of the 1,000 people that tried to reach the North
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A Great Love Affair With Ballooning

The year is 1976 and time again for the Indiana State Fair. It’s on his way to work that Gary Tarter Sr. sees a balloon out flying. Three hours later and Tarter Sr. finds himself at the landing zone, invited to attend the flights that weekend, and looking forward to flying in his first hot air balloon.   Three months later Gary had bought his own balloon. At that point on he never stopped flying. “He loved it as much the day he died as when he first started,” claimed Gary Tarter Jr.   “I
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