Ed Yost, the father of modern Hot Air ballooning. made the first - TopicsExpress



          

Ed Yost, the father of modern Hot Air ballooning. made the first flight in a balloon back on this day in 1960. Enjoy this video by our friend Craig Kennedy at Yosts home in Vadito, NM as we celebrate the first flight of the modern hot air balloon. Ed Yost, fastened two propane tanks to what essentially looked like a lawn chair, attached that contraption to a 40-foot-diameter white nylon balloon and sailed above the Nebraska plain on a brisk fall day in 1960, becoming “the father of modern hot-air ballooning
Posted on: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 14:27:45 +0000

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