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U.S. ARMY BALLOONING RENEWED
The rise of civilian sport ballooning and the personal interest of two Signal Corps balloon pilots, Lt. Frank P. Lahm and Capt. Charles DeForest Chandler, renewed the U.S. Army ballooning program.
U.S. Army balloonists participated in the Gordon Bennett balloon competition, in which the team that traveled the greatest distance won the contest. Traveling a little over 400 miles, Lt. Lahm and copilot Maj. Henry P. Hersey won the first Gordon Bennett race in 1906. |