#manhigh — Public Fediverse posts
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It's #August and #StratoCat remarks important events and dates of #scientific ballooning history that occurred this month
. Remembering Cecil Powell, Jacques #Montgolfier and André-Jacques #Garnerin
. Project Hang Glide sets new record
. Kittinger jump for program #Excelsior
. 2nd flight of #MANHIGH project
. 1st. flight of a hydrogen balloon over Paris
. Double Eagle II successfully crosses the Atlantic
. First #balloon flight above Canada...and much more
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"THE BALLOON PILOTS WHO WENT BOLDLY WHERE ONLY ANIMALS HAD GONE BEFORE"
Project Manhigh took pilots to the edge of space.
An outstanding article By David W. Temple featured in History Net the website of Aviation History Magazine
https://www.historynet.com/project-manhigh/
#Balloon #Research #History #Manhigh #Winzen #Simons #Kittinger #McClure #Stapp #Holloman #Stratosphere