Sunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico 35°06′29.2″N106°37′59.9″W / 35.108111°N 106.633306°W / 35.108111; -106.633306
Nationality
United States of America
Education
Missouri Military Academy
Alma mater
University of North Dakota
Occupation(s)
Balloonist, businessman
Awards
Congressional Gold Medal (1979)
Maxie Anderson (September 10, 1934 – June 27, 1983) was an American hot air balloonist and Congressional Gold Medal recipient[1] 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.[2]
The gas balloon Double Eagle II over Presque Isle, Maine attempting to cross the AtlanticDouble Eagle Gondola
^Maxie Anderson. Inducted into the U. S. Ballooning Hall of Fame Archived November 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine National Balloon Museum Hall of Fame
^"Richard Abruzzo (USA)". gasballooning.org. GasBallooning. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
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balloons participating each October. In 1977 Abruzzo and fellow balloonist MaxieAnderson decided to attempt a crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in a helium filled...
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they remain close. Spinelli pushes Maxie out of the way of an oncoming car and is hit instead. Soon after, Maxie is humiliated at Johnny Zacchara's trial...
transatlantic flight by balloon The Double Eagle II, piloted by Ben Abruzzo, MaxieAnderson, and Larry Newman, became the first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean...
first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean, piloted by Ben Abruzzo, MaxieAnderson, and Larry Newman. The airport was constructed as a new general aviation...
intelligence operatives. Citizen Nader (1972) Double Eagle: Ben Abruzzo, MaxieAnderson, Larry Newman (1979) The Great Southwest (1980) Isles of the Caribbean...
MaxieAnderson, and Larry Newman in the helium-filled Double Eagle II, on August 17, 1978. First non-stop balloon crossing of North America: Maxie and...
North America by balloon was successfully completed by MaxieAnderson and his son Kristian Anderson, as the Kitty Hawk landed near the village of Grosses-Roches...
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School Drill Team Championships where they have been nationally ranked. MaxieAnderson (1934–1983), U.S. Congressional Gold Medal recipient Randall Carver...
Leningrad for a naval exercise. February 12–14 – The American balloonists MaxieAnderson and Don Ida attempt a round-the-world balloon flight, setting off from...
discovered on Burma's Mount Loi Hsam Hsao on September 11. September 9 – MaxieAnderson, Ben Abruzzo, and Ed Yost depart Marshfield, Massachusetts, in the balloon...
Madrid, Spain, where the hijacker surrenders. May 8–12 – MaxieAnderson and his son, Kristian Anderson, make the first nonstop balloon crossing of North America...
Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., Thomas A.F. Sheppard 2011: Ben L. Abruzzo, MaxieAnderson, Dewey Reinhard 2012: Carol Rymer Davis, Dr. William Grabb, Matt Wiederkehr...
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