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11:49:16am
Can anybody offer some insight or background into this balloon event cover? Particularly the signatures or images?
It looks to me like a crew from a record breaking balloon flight, but a Google search for "1983 record balloon flight" did not turn up any useful leads.
Roy
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Roy, not sure if it is any help, but this could be the reason for the French stamps.
https://www.fai.org/page/gb-1983
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01:28:07pm
Thanks Sheepshanks!
That's exactly what I needed.
Turns out it is the crew of the balloon flight I remembered, but could not remember the names, either of the crew or the balloon. But now the "Double Eagle II" is back in memory. Couldn't find it because I had the wrong year.
Looks like it is signed by Maxie Anderson (who lost his life in the revived Gordon Bennett race of 1983 later that year) as well as Larry Newman.
The Wikipedia article has the names in the photo caption wrong. Left to right, it's Maxie Anderson, Ben Abruzzo and Larry Newman.
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Glad to have been of help Roy, not often that happens.
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02 Aug 2024
11:49:16am
Can anybody offer some insight or background into this balloon event cover? Particularly the signatures or images?
It looks to me like a crew from a record breaking balloon flight, but a Google search for "1983 record balloon flight" did not turn up any useful leads.
Roy
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re: Looking for some insight into this balloon event cover
Roy, not sure if it is any help, but this could be the reason for the French stamps.
https://www.fai.org/page/gb-1983
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BuckaCover.com - 80,000 covers priced 60c to $1.50 - Easy browsing 500 categories
02 Aug 2024
01:28:07pm
re: Looking for some insight into this balloon event cover
Thanks Sheepshanks!
That's exactly what I needed.
Turns out it is the crew of the balloon flight I remembered, but could not remember the names, either of the crew or the balloon. But now the "Double Eagle II" is back in memory. Couldn't find it because I had the wrong year.
Looks like it is signed by Maxie Anderson (who lost his life in the revived Gordon Bennett race of 1983 later that year) as well as Larry Newman.
The Wikipedia article has the names in the photo caption wrong. Left to right, it's Maxie Anderson, Ben Abruzzo and Larry Newman.
Roy
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re: Looking for some insight into this balloon event cover
Glad to have been of help Roy, not often that happens.
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