Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 11/1/1974 at 20:45 mst
Launch site: Las Cruces Airport, New Mexico, US
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 11/2/1974 at 8:30 MST
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 12 h
Landing site: Wagon Mound, New Mexico, US
Postal cover issued on launch day commemorating the flight
External references
- Vera Simons and the Da Vinci Balloon Project Centennial of Flight website
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