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Event:  Hot-Air Balloon Record
Brief Description:  In 1959, John Wise, John LaMountain, O.A. Gager and William Hyde established a world distance record for balloon flight by traveling 826 miles in the "Atlantic" from St. Louis to Henderson, NY in 19 hours and 40 minutes.
Year:  1959
Decade:  1950 - 1959
Beginning Date:     Jul. 01, 1959
Ending Date:     Jul. 02, 1959

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