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...father and son cross North America by balloon...
...Nothing will ever equal that moment of joyous excitement," wrote Jacques Charles after making man's first ascent by hydrogen balloon in 1783. "It was not mere pleasure; it was perfect bliss...
Seeking that same kind of excitement, Maxie Anderson, 45, a mining millionaire from Albuquerque, tried airplanes, then hang gliders and finally helium balloons. He organized the historic voyage of the Double Eagle II, which in 1978 carried him and two companions on the first balloon crossing of the Atlantic...
Anderson and his son Kristian, 23, laid claim to another major record last week: the first balloon crossing of North America. Their craft was the Kitty Hawk, a 75-ft. teardrop of fragile polyethylene filled with 200,000 cu. ft. of helium. Dangling from the balloon was an 11-ft. by 5-ft. red, white and blue gondola. It carried the Andersons and 5,000 lbs. of ballast and supplies, including ten radios, a folding cot, a backgammon board and a week's worth of fried chicken, peanut butter and chocolate-chip cookies...
...festival begins May 25 with a parade featuring the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School band and ends May 31 with a balloon ceremony, a march, and a picnic by the river...