Word: spenger
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...three balloons radioed their crossing to Minsk, but according to Andreas Spenger, the race's chief organizer, they merely received a stream of Russian in reply, even though English is the accepted language in international aviation. "They took that for acknowledgment, though," said Spenger, "because all knew that Minsk had been duly informed in advance." As the morning progressed, Spenger continued to monitor the balloons' eastward drift, reporting their positions every half hour to Minsk...
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