A famous first in the history of ballooning. Miss Chris tine Turnbull, then aged 20, taking off from Rye, Sussex, to become the first woman to cross the English Channel in a balloon, in April, 1969. She landed just 40 miles off course, in France near the Belgian border.
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Press, 15 August 1978, Page 17
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49A famous first in the history of ballooning. Miss Chris tine Turnbull, then aged 20, taking off from Rye, Sussex, to become the first woman to cross the English Channel in a balloon, in April, 1969. She landed just 40 miles off course, in France near the Belgian border. Press, 15 August 1978, Page 17
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