Ed Yost

Ed Yost, balloonist and balloon builder, whose transatlantic flight had failed in 1958, built the Double Eagle, a helium balloon, for them and trained them to fly it. They launched the balloon near Marshfield, Mass., on Sept. 9, 1977, but had to set down off…

…Tom Olson and later by Paul (“Ed”) Yost perhaps as early as 1955. Yost, then at Raven Industries, made the first publicized flight of the modern hot-air balloon in 1961 at Bruning, Neb. The balloon, developed for “silent entry” (military) use, was soon found to be unsuited for covert operations…