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| The following pictures have been provided to gasballooning.net
by Michael Fairbanks and his sister Antonica. They are a fascinating
look at gas ballooning in the USA from the early 1930 - 1939.
The people in these pictures are leaders in the balloon community. Their efforts helped seed the interest in gas ballooning in the USA. The helped found what is now the Balloon Federation of America. We are very grateful that the Fairbanks family is allowing us to share these pictures with you. The Cleveland Balloon Club was officially founded on January 19, 1932 when the members of the club purchased their first balloon from the US Navy. It was 80,000 cubic feet and was purchased as military surplus for $200.00. The clubs founding members were Mr. Tony Fairbanks, Mr. Milford F.Vanik and Mr. George Hineman, JD. Harshorne, and H.K. Daniels. The club had two sets of brothers Milford and George Vanik and Tony and Edmund Fairbanks. Click on the Picture to get a better look at the picture. |
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