Crown of Maine Balloon Festival 2023
Northern Maine Fairgrounds 84 Mechanic St, Presque Isle, ME, United StatesAroostook County is steeped in ballooning history. In 1978, the Double Eagle II launched from Presque Isle and made the first successful crossing of the Atlantic. In 1984, Joe Kittinger became the first person to make the solo Transatlantic balloon journey, launching from Caribou. In 2013 Jonathan Trappe launched his attempted trans-Atlantic balloon flight using […]