Flight Commander Jean-Pierre Pommereau (left), who cut loose the gondola in which Dr Thomas Heinsheimer and a magazine publisher, Mr Malcolm Forbes (right), were riding when a mooring line holding their balloon broke just before take-off. They were about to attempt a transatlantic crossing when the mishap occurred. The 14 balloons that were to have lifted the gondola overturned.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33741, 14 January 1975, Page 15
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59Flight Commander Jean-Pierre Pommereau (left), who cut loose the gondola in which Dr Thomas Heinsheimer and a magazine publisher, Mr Malcolm Forbes (right), were riding when a mooring line holding their balloon broke just before take-off. They were about to attempt a transatlantic crossing when the mishap occurred. The 14 balloons that were to have lifted the gondola overturned. Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33741, 14 January 1975, Page 15
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