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In mid-1982, Walters and his then girlfriend, Carol Van Deusen, purchased 45 eight-foot (2.4 m) weather balloons from a military surplus store [5] and helium tanks from California Toy Time Balloons. They used a forged requisition from his employer, FilmFair Studios , saying the balloons were for a television commercial.
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The following are approximate tallies of current listings in California on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008, [1] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [2]
Pages in category "Short stories set in California" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Wise starts the first airmail delivery in the United States on August 17, 1859 from Lafayette, Indiana.. In 1838 he developed a balloon that if ruptured or deflated when aloft would collapse to form a parachute (the bottom half would fold upwards into the top half to form the classic parachute shape) which would allow the occupants of the basket to descend without injury or loss of life.
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He launched the 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom from Northam, Western Australia on June 19, 2002 and returned to Australia on July 3, 2002, subsequently landing in Queensland. Duration and distance of this solo balloon flight was 13 days, 8 hours, 33 minutes (14 days 19 hours 50 minutes to landing), 20,626.48 statute miles (33,195.10 km ...
October: See trees at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park Fern Canyon Trail in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park greets visitors with 50-foot fern-covered walls. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)