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Double Eagle V

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The Double Eagle V was a balloon that achieved the longest nonstop balloon flight in history. Piloted by Ben L. Abruzzo, Larry Newman, Ron Clark, and Rocky Aoki, it launched from Nagashima, Japan, on November 9, 1981. The flight lasted 84 hours and 31 minutes, covering 5,768 miles (9,244 km) before landing in California on November 12, 1981. Ben L. Abruzzo, a prominent balloonist, held nine world ballooning records at the time of his death. Maxie Anderson, another key figure in ballooning, was involved in the first transatlantic balloon flight in the Double Eagle II with Abruzzo and Larry Newman in 1978.12

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