BALLOON FLIGHT
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(N.Z. Press Assn.— Copyright? SYDNEY, July 7. A young electrical engineer has made Australia’s first manned balloon flight for 50 years. He is president of the Aerostat Society of Australia, 25-year-old Terry McCormack.
Watched by about 2000 people, he made his flight in a hot-air balloon, Archimedes 1, at Parkes, 277 miles northwest of Sydney. He rose to 2000 ft and landed 15 minutes later, two miles away. When the balloon fills with hot air it is about 35ft in circumference and 45ft high. Zippers Round
Its skin, in 28 panels, has zippers right around the middle to release the hot air quickly on landing, so that the balloon will not be damaged by being dragged along the ground by the wind. . “The air was very stable,” said McCormack. “Sitting on my platform was just like sitting on the’ ground. Just at the end of the flight I came down pretty fast and hit the ground with a bump. I was dragged along a bit, but was soon able to un-zip the balloon and deflate it.” As the silver balloon moved slowly across the sky over Parkes, McCormack and men on the' ground kept up a two-way radio conversation.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30487, 8 July 1964, Page 17
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