Word: aeronaut
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...having a giant bag of hot air settle on their land. Farmers are the most difficult to handle, explains Balloonist Alice Megaro, because "pigs and horses get very upset-though cows couldn't care less." A few find it cheerful to carry a supply of marijuana. Noted one aeronaut as he floated placidly above Albuquerque: "At this altitude, you only need half a joint...
...cross the U.S. in a hot-air craft, Forbes took off from Coos Bay, Ore., on Oct. 4. Last week he set down on a farm near Esbon, Kans., the geographical center of the country, which he figures to be about 20 ballooning days from the New Jersey coast. Aeronaut Forbes is not drifting East on a wing and a prayer, however. His entourage includes 16 people, a helicopter, a Corvair and a mobile home...