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The Eagle Aloft: Two Centuries of the Balloon in America
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
1983, 7.5 x 10.5
770 pages
Hardcover isbn:
978-0874743463
Hardcover Price:
$35
by Tom D. Crouch
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National Air and Space Museum
6th St. and Independence Ave SW
Washington, DC 20560
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14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, VA 20151
703-572-4118
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