LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 17, 1978 The front page has a banner headline: "Historic Odyssey" with lead-in: "BALLOONISTS LAND IN FRANCE" and subhead. Also two related photos. (see for display) 
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Background: The landing of the Double Eagle II in Miserey, France, on August 17, 1978, marked the victorious end of the first successful transatlantic manned balloon flight, conquering a historic aeronautical challenge that had eluded adventurers for over a century. This feat holds exceptional rarity in aviation history; across 17 previous documented attempts dating back to 1859, no balloonists had ever succeeded, and the endeavor had already claimed the lives of at least five pilots. Over six grueling days, pilots Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman drifted 3,107 miles from Presque Isle, Maine, enduring sub-zero temperatures, hypoxic high altitudes, and a terrifying atmospheric plunge from 23,500 feet to 4,000 feet that forced them to jettison nearly all their equipment and ballast. Upon touching down in a rural French barley field, the crew was swarmed by over 10,000 ecstatic spectators who tore off pieces of the balloon's gondola as souvenirs. Recognized as an unmatched milestone of human endurance and lightweight engineering, the original gondola was later permanently enshrined alongside other singular historic aircraft at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.