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...balloonist, with Captains Albert Stevens and Orvil Anderson (now an Air Force major general), he took a balloon 60,613 feet into the stratosphere before a rip in the fabric sent the bag plummeting earthward. The three bailed out -Kepner at 500 feet. Then Bill Kepner moved on to airplanes. In World War II he wore a general's stars, but frequently left his desk to fly combat missions. He was chief of the hard-flying Eighth Air Force Fighter Command, a principal Allied weapon in the destruction of the German Luftwa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: On Top of the World | 6/12/1950 | See Source »

Entertainment during the course of the afternoon also included three-legged and balloon races...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sporty House Heads Cavort | 5/19/1950 | See Source »

Iced lemonade but no Wellesley kisses greeted John H. Hart '52 yesterday morning when he won the Outing Club's annual bike race in balloon tires and 48 minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hart Wins Race On Balloon Tires | 5/15/1950 | See Source »

Hardest stretch in the 17-mile course is the pull up and over Chestnut Hill. Balloon-tired bikes may have difficulty making that one, but they will be given a 20-minute handicap...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOC Cyclis Set For Waban Grind | 5/9/1950 | See Source »

...effort to make the race as fair as possible, the Outing Club has devised an elaborate system of time handicaps. Besides the 20minute head start for Balloon-tired bikes, the Club will let American thin-thried and English turning bikes have ten and six minutes handicaps respectively. Racing bikes must start from scratch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOC Cyclis Set For Waban Grind | 5/9/1950 | See Source »

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