• Trophy 2008 Case at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
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    The Trophy 2008 case displays the James Gordon Bennett Trophy (Kittinger won the James Gordon Bennett Balloon Race in 1982, 1984, 1985 and 1988.); the flight jacket and scarf Kittinger wore on the first solo balloon flight across the Atlantic Ocean; the hunting cap he wore on each of his high-altitude balloon flights; the bag issued to prisoners of war for their personal items when they were released by the North Vietnamese; and a POW bracelet worn by a citizen during his captivity.
  • Trophy 2008 Case at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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Eric Long

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