AirRageous, Don Boyer, Albuquerque, NM Tricentennial, Honor Balloon of the Day, Wayne Scott Appelman, Albuquerque, NM Window on the World, David Harley Usill, London, United Kingdom New Mexico Centennial, Wayne Scott Appelman, Albuquerque, NM Bounce, Judith Nakamura, Albuquerque, NM Tickled Pink, Scott Vesely, Albuquerque, NM Hot Stuff, Neida Courtney Naumburg, NH and Phil A. Thompson, Galena, Il Ghost of 1783 Montgolfier Balloon Jeremy Balloon - 1970's, Linda Rutherford, Jeremy Rutherford and Tom Rutherford The Rooster, Alex Jan Barends, Enschede, Netherlands Raggedy Ann, Carol Rymer Davis, Colorado and New Mexico Carol Rymer Davis and Richard Abruzzon (12) had been participating in the 54th Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race when contact was lost 29 September 2010 as they flew over the Adriatic Sea during a strong storm. They had taken off with some 20 other balloons from the English city of Bristol on Sept. 25. It was more than two months before their bodies and the wreckage were found. Peak Express, Richard Abruzzo, Albuquerque, NM Carol Rymer Davis (11) and Richard Abruzzo had been participating in the 54th Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race when contact was lost 29 September 2010 as they flew over the Adriatic Sea during a strong storm. They had taken off with some 20 other balloons from the English city of Bristol on Sept. 25. It was more than two months before their bodies and the wreckage were found. Silver Star, Steven M. Watson, Bountiful, UT Sweet Pea, Mark T. Aubol, Albuquerque, NM Humpty Dumpty, Richard Lawhorn, Louisville, KY Hearts A'Fire, Bradley Rice, Rio Rancho, NM Firewalker, Henry Patrick Rolfe, Battle Creek, MI Splash!, Fred Lete, Rio Rancho, NM Ebisu, Takero Sakai, Saga, Japan Region Lorraine VI, Philippe Denis Buron Pilatre, Chambley, Lorraine, France Jack, Colin Graham, Nathrop. CO Aquatude, Gerald Eugene Schuler , Reno, NV Trivial Pursuit, Toby Brown, Denver, CO Champagne, Rusty Manning and Bill Wilson, Temecula, CA Joey Little Bee, Melissa Bond, Albuquerque, NM Joelly, Michael Glen, Maricopa, AZ Lilly Little Bee, Robert Romaneschi, Peoria, AZ La Ristra, Michael Shrum, Socorro. NM Sunrise Set, Al Lowenstein, Albuquerque, NM AirRageous, Don Boyer, Albuquerque, NM Levity, Kathy Smith, Albuquerque, NM Zia, Tom McConnell, Albuquerque, NM Coyote Rising, Glen Moyer, Keithville, LA Patriot, Richard Rapp, Glendale, CA Ugly Duckling, Matt Barret, Joplin, MO Coyote Moon, Glen Moyer, Keithville, LA Jane Maclean and Pilot Midnight Lace, Don Boyer, Albuquerque, NM Gizmo, Mark Protho, Wichita Falls, TX Maxie Anderson, 41. Ben Abruzzo, and 42. Lary Newman Double Eagle II, piloted by Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman, became the first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it landed 17 August 1978 in Miserey near Paris, 137 hours 6 minutes after leaving Presque Isle, Maine. It can be regarded as a successful crossing at the point that the Double Eagle II crossed the Irish coast, on the evening of 16 August, an event that Shannon Airport notified the crew about when it happened. Newman originally intended to hang glide from the balloon to a landing, while Anderson and Abruzzo continued to fly, but the hang-glider had to be dropped as ballast earlier on 16 August. From Wikipedia. Senator Tom Rutherford, Co-Founder and Announcer of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Sid Cutter, Co-Founder of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Jewel Cutter, wife of Sid Cutter