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1. Piccard 80 Balloon Flight ticket, Rochester, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Kiwanis Charitable and Educational Corporation
- Date Created:
- 1937
- Description:
- Ticket number 1008 admitted one person to Soldiers Field in Rochester, Minnesota to view the preparations and balloon flight of Dr. Jean Piccard. Originally scheduled for sometime in June, the flight was delayed until July 17 - 18, 1937 when optimum weather conditions permitted a safe flight. Dr. Jean Piccard was a University of Minnesota physicist and aeronautical engineer who believed it was possible to ascend into the stratosphere using many small cluster balloons rather than one large balloon. The experimental flight was sponsored by the Rochester Kiwanis Club and supported by local residents and students.
- Contributing Institution:
- Olmsted County Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Tickets
2. Starting plan for the Pleiades, Rochester, Minnesota
- Date Created:
- 1937
- Description:
- Instructions for groups and individuals assisting with ground crew and balloon inflation for the Dr. Jean Piccard balloon ascension in 1937 are described I this four page document. Details of balloon construction and inflation procedures are given in addition to the order of operations and signals. Dr. Jean Piccard was a University of Minnesota physicist and aeronautical engineer who believed it was possible to ascend into the stratosphere using many small cluster balloons rather than one large balloon. The experimental flight was sponsored by the Rochester Kiwanis Club and supported by local residents and students.
- Contributing Institution:
- Olmsted County Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Instructional materials
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