Gate of Heaven Cemetery Albuquerque, New Mexico[1]
Education
B.S. Business Administration[2]
Alma mater
University of Illinois
Occupation
Chairman & president>br>Real estate developer
Employer(s)
Alvarado Realty Company Sandia Peak Ski Company
Known for
First Atlantic ocean crossing by balloon in the Double Eagle II First Pacific ocean crossing by balloon in the Double Eagle V
Spouse
Patty Abruzzo
Children
4, including Richard
Awards
Congressional Gold Medal FAI Diplome Montgolfier ballooning's highest honor FAI Gold Air Medal
Benjamin L. "Ben" Abruzzo (June 9, 1930 – February 11, 1985) was an American balloonist and businessman who helped make Albuquerque, New Mexico, into an international ballooning center.[3] He was part of the balloon crews that made the first Atlantic Ocean crossing by balloon in the Double Eagle II and the first Pacific Ocean crossing by balloon in the Double Eagle V.[4]
The gas balloon Double Eagle II over Presque Isle, Maine, attempting to cross the AtlanticDouble Eagle Gondola
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^"Richard Abruzzo (USA)". gasballooning.org. GasBallooning. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
Benjamin L. "Ben" Abruzzo (June 9, 1930 – February 11, 1985) was an American balloonist and businessman who helped make Albuquerque, New Mexico, into an...
and the 2004 Gordon Bennett Cup. Abruzzo was born on May 19, 1963, to BenAbruzzo and Patricia Ann "Pat" Steen Abruzzo. In his home town of Albuquerque...
V's four-man crew consisted of Rocky Aoki with Albuquerque balloonists BenAbruzzo, Larry Newman, and Ron Clark. Overshadowed by the concurrent Space Shuttle...
miles (9,283 km). The four-man crew consisted of Albuquerque balloonists BenAbruzzo, Larry Newman, and Ron Clark, and thrill-seeking restaurateur Rocky Aoki...
Double Eagle II, piloted by BenAbruzzo, Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman, became the first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it landed 17 August...
May 27, 1931. First crossing of the Atlantic by balloon: was made by BenAbruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman in the helium-filled Double Eagle II...
Armenia.[citation needed] The Sandia Peak Ski Company was founded by BenAbruzzo (a balloonist) and Robert Nordhaus (the father of William Nordhaus, a...
II balloon, the first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean, piloted by BenAbruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman. The airport was constructed as a new...
inducted into the National Mining Hall of Fame. Along with his friend BenAbruzzo, he became interested in hot air ballooning. The two decided to commemorate...
First transatlantic flight by balloon The Double Eagle II, piloted by BenAbruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman, became the first balloon to cross...
miles (9,283 km). The four-man crew consisted of Albuquerque balloonists BenAbruzzo, Larry Newman, and Ron Clark, and thrill-seeking restaurateur Rocky Aoki...
distinguished career as an actor and his service to the Nation.--PL 96-15 BenAbruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman June 13, 1979 P.L. 96-20, 93 Stat....
that of intelligence operatives. Citizen Nader (1972) Double Eagle: BenAbruzzo, Maxie Anderson, Larry Newman (1979) The Great Southwest (1980) Isles...
I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Ed Abbaticchio, baseball player BenAbruzzo, balloonist Acerra brothers, baseball players Mike Adamle, gridiron football...
Nobel Prize-winning economist William Nordhaus) and famous balloonist BenAbruzzo. The new road turned "several hours of potholes and mud to an easy 45...
Mexico. Each balloon was piloted by a famous balloonist: Joe Kittinger, BenAbruzzo (co-piloted by Simons), and Larry Newman. Her image is included in the...
flight across the Atlantic Ocean in the balloon Double Eagle II with BenAbruzzo and Maxie Anderson. As a result of that flight Newman received the Congressional...
58 people on board. February 11 – Record-setting hot-air balloonist BenAbruzzo dies along with his wife and his other four passengers when the Cessna...
profit of $2,500. In 1958, Nordhaus and his business partner, balloonist BenAbruzzo, who had helped turn Albuquerque into an international ballooning destination...
Nagashima, Japan with four men (Rocky Aoki, Ron Clark, Larry Newman and BenAbruzzo) and crossing the International Date Line, the Double Eagle traveled...
to Barcelona, Spain, where the hijacker is taken down. August 12–17 – BenAbruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman make the first transatlantic crossing...
starting a fire which causes heavy damage to the ship. November 13 – BenAbruzzo and his crew make the first crossing of the Pacific Ocean by balloon...
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