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Isaac Alexander

@jetcitystar.bsky.social
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Editor In Chief JetCityStar. ✈ Aviation , ➤ Defense & 🚀 Space News. Former Hype Aerospace, Global Aerospace Chat & Global Military Aviation Chat Host. Gig Harbor, WA

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 2h
The Tillamook Air Museum, housed in a massive World War II blimp hangar in Oregon, has been closed for nearly a year because of storm damage to the 83-year-old building's roof. But after a Hail Mary sale for just $1, the facility plans to reopen by the end of October.
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Oregon’s massive World War II blimp hangar reopening after being sold for $1
After a bout of devastating storm damage — followed by a Hail Mary sale for just $1 — Tillamook’s massive World War II-era blimp hangar will reopen after all.
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The Aviationist @theaviationist.com · 19h
Rare Imagery Shows F-117A ‘The Overachiever’ Loaded Into a C-5M for Smithsonian Trip The historic F-117 was partially disassembled and loaded aboard the giant airlifter for its cross-country delivery to the Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Center. Story here: theaviationist.com/2026/10/09/f...
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Rare Imagery Shows F-117A 'The Overachiever' Loaded Into a C-5M for Smithsonian Trip
The historic F-117 was partially disassembled and loaded aboard the giant airlifter for its cross-country delivery to the Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Center.
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TWZ @twz.com · 09/10/2026
The USAF wants to know what it would take to regenerate a quartet of KC-10s for an undisclosed operator, and there are a couple of likely suspects. www.twz.com/air/retired-kc-10-exten…
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Retired KC-10 Extender Tankers Could Get A Second Life With North African Mystery Operator
The USAF wants to know what it would take to regenerate a quartet of KC-10s for an undisclosed operator, and there are a couple of likely suspects.
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Robert Pearlman @collectspace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Among Wernher von Braun's lasting legacies are NASA's Saturn V rocket, the National Space Society, U.S. Space Camp and... Walt Disney's first character created specifically for television... Read more: www.collectspace.com/news/news-09...
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Disney's Ludwig von Drake inspired by rocket scientists 65 years ago
Did you know that the first character that Walt Disney created to specifically appear on television was inspired, in part, by early Space Age rocket scientists? Sixty-five years ago, Disney introduced...
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Task & Purpose @taskandpurpose.com · 08/10/2026
Florida Air Force bases evacuate personnel, aircraft ahead of Hurricane Isaias trib.al/vRvchcJ
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Florida Air Force bases evacuate personnel, aircraft ahead of Hurricane Isaias
Two Air Force bases in the path of Hurricane Isaias are moving people and equipment in preparation for the storm.
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U.S. Naval Institute @usni.org · 08/10/2026
Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group Returns to San Diego After Nearly 11 Months — USNI News news.usni.org/2026/10/08/a...
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Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group Returns to San Diego After Nearly 11 Months - USNI News
After 321 days, the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is home. Flagship USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) pulled into its berth at Naval Air Station North Island around 3:15 p.m. EST on Thursday. The re...
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Air Force and defense industry officials grabbed shovels to turn earth last week at the groundbreaking for a 1 million-square-foot assembly line addition at Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., where the B-21 Raider bomber is manufactured.
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Air Force, industry leaders break ground on expanded B-21 Raider production facility
The Air Force says it plans to acquire at least 100 of the bombers, which will ultimately replace the B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit fleets.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
WASHINGTON — The Army found multiple systemic failures when a Black Hawk helicopter was involved in a midair crash with a commercial airliner over the Potomac River in 2025, killing 67 people.
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Army finds systemic failures contributed to midair crash over DC in 2025
The Army found multiple systemic failures when a Black Hawk helicopter was involved in a midair crash with a commercial airliner in 2025.
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Home | Air & Space Forces Magazine [Unofficial] @airandspaceforces.com.web.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
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Space Development Agency to Launch 21 More Data Transport Satellites Next Week
The Space Development Agency is set to launch 21 Tranche 1 data transport satellites on Oct. 5—its fourth Tranche 1 mission since last fall and the first to carry Northrop Grumman-built satellites. The post Space Development Agency to Launch 21 More Data Transport Satellites Next Week appeared first on Air & Space Forces Magazine.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 08/10/2026
Amazon’s debut into satellite Internet is being closely watched, not just by some consumers, but by businesses ranging from airlines to shipping companies to governments: arstechnica.visitlink.me/8O-ZjQ
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Amazon builds 1,000th satellite, will launch space internet service by end of year
If this was easy, everybody else would be doing it."
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 08/10/2026
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SpaceX calls for better coordination in orbit after near-misses with Starlink
These led to conjunctions of tens of meters to hundreds of meters. Way too close to comfort."
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A look at the USS Abraham Lincoln after being at sea for 321 days. 📹: Alison Bath / Stars and Stripes
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GripenNews @gripennews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🇹🇭 VIDEO: Her Majesty Queen Suthida conducting her first solo flight in Saab #Gripen C. #RTAF Wing 7, Surat Thani, October 8th. 📷RTAF #military #aviation
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NASA has released onboard video of Artemis II's reentry through Earth's atmosphere 🤩 Top speed: about 25,000 mph
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Isaac Alexander @jetcitystar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
MirCorp Founder Eyes High-Altitude Platforms (HAPs) Telecom Market As Satcom Alternative aviationweek.com/space/commer...
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MirCorp Founder Eyes HAPs Telecom Market As Satcom Alternative | Aviation Week
Space entrepreneur Walt Anderson aims to deploy airships to provide affordable telecommunications to underserved markets in Southeast Asia, Africa or the Caribbean.
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Astrobiology @astrobiology.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
NASA Is Forfeiting Its Global Astrobiology Leadership astrobiology.com/2026/10/06/n... #NASA @NASA @NASAScience_ @theNAScience #IAC2026 #astrobiology
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NASA Is Forfeiting Its Global Astrobiology Leadership
NASA presentations at a National Academies of Science on Tuesday left the panel confused and concerned about what NASA plans to do with its Astrobiology research.
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onefinekitty.bsky.social @onefinekitty.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Anduril gets $2.9B Navy shipyard contract after Luckey joins Pentagon task force www.cnbc.com/2026/10/06/a...
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Anduril lands $2.9 billion Navy submarine shipyard contract days after Luckey joins Pentagon weapons group
Defense tech leaders are gaining sway in Washington in President Donald Trump's military reindustrialization push
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Breaking Defense @breakingdefense.com · 05/10/2026
Boeing nabs potential $14.7 billion PAC-3 seeker contract breakingdefense.com/2026/10/boeing-…
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Boeing nabs potential $14.7 billion PAC-3 seeker contract
The award was issued as an undefinitzed contract by PAC-3 prime contractor Lockheed Martin.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
For the second time in two months, a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier has stopped in Thailand for a port call on its way out of the Iran conflict zone in the Middle East. USS George H.W. Bush arrived in the popular tourist town of Phuket on Sunday.
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USS George H.W. Bush stops in Thailand after unannounced departure from Middle East
USS George H.W. Bush arrived in the popular tourist town of Phuket on Sunday. The carrier was accompanied by the destroyer USS Delbert D. Black.
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TWZ @twz.com · 05/10/2026
Spain Picks Airbus A321 For New Electronic Intelligence Aircraft The fleet will not only restore Spain’s crewed airborne signals intelligence capability, but make it among the most powerful in Europe. www.twz.com/air/spain-picks-airbus-…
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Spain Picks Airbus A321 For New Electronic Intelligence Aircraft
The three-aircraft fleet will not only restore Spain’s crewed airborne signals intelligence capability, but make it among the most powerful in Europe. The three-aircraft fleet will not only restore Sp...
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
North Korea is challenging South Korean and Japanese accounts of its latest missile launch, claiming the weapon flew roughly 200 miles farther than either country reported because its unusual trajectory complicated their tracking. From Stars and Stripes' Julie Masson:
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North Korea says missile ‘skip points’ expose gaps in South Korean, Japanese tracking
North Korea is challenging South Korean and Japanese accounts of its latest missile launch.
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Task & Purpose @taskandpurpose.com · 06/10/2026
Army grounds fleet of AH-64Es for second time in three months trib.al/8NbhYMw
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Army grounds fleet of AH-64Es for second time in three months
An Army official said the service is grounding about 400 helicopters, more than half of its AH-64 fleet.
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Seth Miller @wandrme.paxex.aero · 05/10/2026
Limiting IFE screens to only some seats on a plane is incredibly rare, but Alaska Airlines will do precisely that in its upcoming Aurora premum 737 MAX 10 layout. The reasons offered are interesting. #IFEC $ALK #PaxEx #AvGeek
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Behind Alaska Airlines' Aurora Split-Cabin IFE Choice
Limiting IFE screens to only some seats on a plane is incredibly rare, but Alaska Airlines will do precisely that in its upcoming Aurora premum 737 MAX 10 layout. The reasons offered are interesting.
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Alan Boyle @b0yle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Seattle-based Orbital Robotics is preparing to send a pair of its robotic arms to the International Space Station, where astronauts will install them on one of the station's free-flying robots to demonstrate a system for capturing and servicing satellites. www.geekwire.com/2026/orbital...
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Orbital Robotics gets set to send up a pair of arms for International Space Station’s robots
Space station astronauts will install Seattle startup's arms on one of NASA's cube-shaped robots for a milestone in-orbit demonstration.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ukraine is building a Starlink alternative with a European partner to secure independent communications, while Musk’s restrictions and outages have exposed the risks of relying on SpaceX. Russia is developing a rival network with reported Chinese help.
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Ukraine to build alternative to Starlink as Russia threatens "space war"
Ukraine is building its own satellite system and has been testing it with a European partner since August, Zelensky said. Russia has threatened a "full-scale space war".
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The Aviationist @theaviationist.com · 04/10/2026
Germany ‘Exploring’ GCAP Entry with UK, Reports Say While discussions between London and Berlin are in the early stages, internal German government assessments reportedly favor a collaboration with Sweden and Spain over joining GCAP. Story: theaviationist.com/2026/10/04/g...
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Germany ‘Exploring’ GCAP Entry with UK, Reports Say
While discussions between London and Berlin are in the early stages, internal German government assessments reportedly favor a collaboration with Sweden
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TWZ @twz.com · 05/10/2026
B-1B Bombers Make Hasty Departure From England RAF Fairford, which hosted U.S. bombers during Operation Epic Fury, some of which had stayed, has been threatened openly by Iran before. www.twz.com/air/b-1b-bombers-make-h…
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B-1B Bombers Make Hasty Departure From England
RAF Fairford, which hosted U.S. bombers during Operation Epic Fury, some of which had stayed, has been threatened openly by Iran before.
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KRQE News 13 @krqe.com · 04/10/2026
Most experienced balloon pilot at Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta reflects on his memories in the sky
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Most experienced balloon pilot at Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta reflects on his memories in the sky
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – With more than four decades of flying, local balloon pilot Ray Bair is reflecting on his last Balloon Fiesta this year. Since the late 1970s, Bair has taken to the skies …
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Gary Shirley @oldhoosierhoopster.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The 54th annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is here. I took these pics just a half a block from home.
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Gary Shirley @oldhoosierhoopster.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A cool video of a balloon being deflated just a block from our house. The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is going on just 3 miles away. Always a really fun week and the world’s most photographed event.
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Isaac Alexander @jetcitystar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Matthew McQuilkin @fcakenterprises.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2026—Hot air balloons seen above and from our hotel room this morning.
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Albuquerque Journal @abqjournal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A Fiesta Flight Plan mentor helped a new pilot navigate a surprise landing between Northeast Heights homes.
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Beginner balloon pilot lands in Northeast Heights
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Albuquerque Journal @abqjournal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“I’ve been dreaming about this since I was a little boy coming out here every year,” Baylor Rodden says.
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Oklahoma man, 20, youngest pilot at this year's Balloon Fiesta, also part of father-son team
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KRQE News 13 @krqe.com · 05/10/2026
First weekend of Balloon Fiesta goes off without a hitch, gets green flag both days
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First weekend of Balloon Fiesta goes off without a hitch, gets green flag both days
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The first weekend of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta went off without a hitch. With successful liftoffs the first two days, that’s something Balloon Fi…
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Salty GRITS @saltygrits.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When you’re too tired to do another Glow….you just re-live the last one 😴 #albuquerque #abq #newmexico #ballon #balloonfiesta #night #dusk #busyweekend
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Scramble - Dutch Aviation Society @scramble.nl · 04/10/2026
US Coast Guard orders six C-130Js Please read more on our website by clicking the link below. www.scramble.nl/military-new... Credit photo: Larry Every (Scramble Archive) #avgeek #avgeeks #militaryaviation #ICYMI #USCG #HC130J #LockheedMartin #IDPS
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The Aviationist @theaviationist.com · 04/10/2026
Naval Research Laboratory’s VXS-1 Retires its Last NP-3C Orion The VXS-1 “Warlocks” sent its NP-3C Orion, a dedicated research variant of the P-3C, to the ‘boneyard’ after three decades of service, retiring the last active-duty P-3 on the U.S. East Coast. Story: theaviationist.com/2026/10/03/n...
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Naval Research Laboratory’s VXS-1 Retires its Last NP-3C Orion
The VXS-1 “Warlocks” sent its NP-3C Orion, a dedicated research variant of the P-3C, to the ‘boneyard’ after three decades of service, retiring the last
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sciviz.bsky.social @sciviz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
First day of this year's Balloon Fiesta.
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Salty GRITS @saltygrits.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Balloon Fiesta 2026 ✅ #abq #albuquerque #nm #newmexico #balloon #balloonfiesta #flight
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Albuquerque Journal @abqjournal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thousands gathered before dawn as Balloon Fiesta began under calm skies, despite seven minor crashes.
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Balloon Fiesta opens with clear skies and 500-plus balloons
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Matthew McQuilkin @fcakenterprises.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2026! (5:45am Drone Show & 6am Dawn Patrol Launch)
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dsmarshauthor.bsky.social @dsmarshauthor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.
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Deborah Nicholas MD @dnicholasmd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
ABQ 54th Balloon Fiesta kicks off on a brisk fall day!
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KRQE News 13 @krqe.com · 04/10/2026
KRQE Classics: Albuquerque man creates film in 1991 showcasing history of Balloon Fiesta
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KRQE Classics: Albuquerque man creates film in 1991 showcasing history of Balloon Fiesta
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – To celebrate the 54th Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, we’ve been digging into our archives to find original reports we’ve done over the years. The A…
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KRQE News 13 @krqe.com · 04/10/2026
Photo Gallery: Sunrise provides perfect backdrop for Balloon Fiesta Day 2
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Photo Gallery: Sunrise provides perfect backdrop for Balloon Fiesta Day 2
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – On Day 2 of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, the balloons hit the skies as sunrise illuminated them and provided the perfect background to the second mass as…
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Tom Godfrey @godfreyguitar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque!
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kyma-tv.bsky.social @kyma-tv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
There were some scary moments during day one of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.
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Hot air balloon caught in power lines at Albuquerques International Balloon Fiesta
There were some scary moments during day one of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.
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Albuquerque Journal @abqjournal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jonathan Trappe launched from Balloon Fiesta Park in a helium cluster craft, and by Saturday afternoon he crossed the Arizona border.
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Pilot lifts off with 94 balloons, aiming for Arizona
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