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Balloon Related Articles - National Geographic

Updated: 1998

Further Reading:

Article Issue
ACROSS THE ALPS IN A WICKER BASKET
Walker, Phil
National Geographic January, 1963
ACROSS THE PACIFIC BY BALLOON
Abruzzo, Ben
National Geographic April, 1982
BALLOON KITTY HAWK ACROSS AMERICA
Anderson, Maxie and Kristian
National Geographic August, 1980
BRAVING THE ATLANTIC BY BALLOON
Eiloart, Arnold
National Geographic July, 1959
DOUBLE EAGLE II LEAPS THE ATLANTIC
Abruzzo, Ben
National Geographic December, 1978
LONGEST MANNED BALLOON FLIGHT
Yost, Ed
National Geographic February, 1977
TRANSATLANTIC SOLO BY BALLOON
Kittinger, Joseph W
National Geographic February, 1985
A WILD AND ILL-FATED BALLOON RACE, Paris 1983
Burnett, David & Shields, Cynthia
National Geographic December, 1983
HOT AIR BALLOONS RACE ON SILENT WINDS
Berry, William & Jones, Don
National Geographic March, 1966
BALLOON RIDE TO THE EDGE OF SPACE
Ross, Malcolm & Edwards, Walter
National Geographic November, 1961
BALLOONING IN THE STRATOSPHERE
Piccard, Auguste
National Geographic March 1933
FIRST COLOR PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE STRATOSPHERE
Stevens, Albert
National Geographic March, 1937
HELIUM, THE NEW BALLOON GAS
Rogers, Sherburne
National Geographic May, 1919
LABORATORY IN A DIRTY SKY, Project da Vinci
Engelman, Rudolf & Simons, Vera
National Geographic November, 1976
MANS FARTHEST ALOFT
Stevens, Albert
National Geographic January, 1936
STUDIES PLANNED FOR NEW STRATOSPHERE FLIGHTS
National Geographic June, 1935
THE GEOGRAPHIC'S STRATOSPHERE EXPEDITION
National Geographic April, 1934
THE LONG LONELY JUMP
Kittinger, Joseph W
National Geographic December, 1960
THE SECOND STRATOSPHERE EXPEDITION
National Geographic January, 1935
TO 76 000 FEET BY STRATOLAB BALLOON
Ross, Lewis, Abercrombie, Sisson
National Geographic February, 1957
TRAILING COSMIC RAYS IN CANADAS' NORTH
Pomerantz, Martin
National Geographic January, 1953

If you happen to have any friends in the Antique National Geographic business and if you happen to stumble over any of the following, please let me know. I have searched all dealers in Seattle and Chicago many years ago when I flew long haul for Scandinavian Airlines. Nowadays I only fly in Europe and used National Geographic are rare here, especially the older ones.

December 1897 S. A. Andre. Swedish Polar Expedition by balloon
March 1898 S. A. Andre. Swedish Polar Expedition by balloon
August 1898 S. A. Andre. Swedish Polar Expedition by balloon
July 1899 S. A. Andre. Swedish Polar Expedition by balloon
September 1899 S. A. Andre. Swedish Polar Expedition by balloon
December 1899 S. A. Andre. Swedish Polar Expedition by balloon
May 1902 S. A. Andre. Swedish Polar Expedition by balloon
April 1906 Walter Wellman, Polar Expedition by Airship
December 1906 Walter Wellman, Polar Expedition by Airship
July 1907 S. A. Andre. Swedish Polar Expedition by balloon

Document compiled by:
Hans Akerstedt
3rd Vice-President
FAI Ballooning Commission
Sveavagen 19B
S-181 60 LIDINGO
Sweden
Tel : +46-8-7658331 Fax: +46-8-765 8331
Email: hans.akerstedt@mailbox.calypso.net


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