27/04/2024
This photo is a blast from the past. It's 1994 and pilot Jerry Rainwater, Linda Hutton, and I are just taking off on an adventure in a hot air balloon flying over the Great Wall of China into the unknown mountains of China. This photo was taken by J. Robert Russell who was in another American balloon piloted by Sam Alexander. A third American balloon piloted by Earl Miller with Toby Spalding joined us in this epic flight. Amazingly, all 3 balloons landed in the same little mountain village some 2 hours later. And furthermore, in case you are wondering, this was not photoshopped.