Record-setting aviator Steve Fossett took off from St. Louis in 1996 in hopes of becoming the first to travel around the globe in a hot air balloon.Throughout his journey, he knew that every decision he made could be a matter of life or death, so he relied on weather forecasters located out of Omaha.“All of our decision-making and logic, we know that there’s a human being at the other end of what we’re doing here,” said one of the scientists.See the whole story in the video above.More from the KETV Archives:Aksarben goes up for sale in 1990, community and owners hope racetrack will still live onAksarben’s 300 acres of land, exhibition hall, fairgrounds, and racetrack had to go, and Aksarben hoped it would go to a governmental or educational body that will continue to allow the use of the facilities for community events and will continue racing.KETV NewsWatch 7’s Rob McCartney recounts the legend of the Cry on Blackbird HillMany a story winds its way down the Missouri River Valley, like the vision of the tortured hunter who still wanders the forest of Indian Cave Park, searching for his severed hands, or the faint screams of the unfortunate drowned in the murky water.But no cry is as terrifying as the one said to be heard when the air is crisp, and the moon is full — the Cry on Blackbird Hill.
Record-setting aviator Steve Fossett took off from St. Louis in 1996 in hopes of becoming the first to travel around the globe in a hot air balloon.
Throughout his journey, he knew that every decision he made could be a matter of life or death, so he relied on weather forecasters located out of Omaha.
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“All of our decision-making and logic, we know that there’s a human being at the other end of what we’re doing here,” said one of the scientists.
See the whole story in the video above.
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Aksarben goes up for sale in 1990, community and owners hope racetrack will still live on
Aksarben’s 300 acres of land, exhibition hall, fairgrounds, and racetrack had to go, and Aksarben hoped it would go to a governmental or educational body that will continue to allow the use of the facilities for community events and will continue racing.
KETV NewsWatch 7’s Rob McCartney recounts the legend of the Cry on Blackbird Hill
Many a story winds its way down the Missouri River Valley, like the vision of the tortured hunter who still wanders the forest of Indian Cave Park, searching for his severed hands, or the faint screams of the unfortunate drowned in the murky water.
But no cry is as terrifying as the one said to be heard when the air is crisp, and the moon is full — the Cry on Blackbird Hill.
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