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History Short: Amazing Human Balloon Flights! #Shorts
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August 17, 2023
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0:59Now PlayingOn August 17, 1978, Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman made ballooning history by becoming the first to pilot a manned balloon across the Atlantic Ocean, flying from Maine to France in the Double Eagle II, a Helium balloon.
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