Balloon ride, Conner Prairie Interactive History Park, Fishers, Indiana, USA.

On the 1859 Balloon Voyage at Conner Prairie Interactive History Park, visitors can ride a tethered helium balloon up to 377 feet (115 m) above the ground. The attraction is based on the historic August 17, 1859 trip of Aeronaut John Wise, where he made the first airmail delivery in the United States 25 miles (40 km) from Lafayette to Crawfordsville (Indiana) carrying 123 letters and 23 circulars. Wise was also the first to observe the jet stream, noting a "great river of air which always blows from west to east." Lifted by the largest tethered gas passenger balloon in the world (105 feet or 32 m tall), the gondola can carry up to twenty people. Manufactured by the French company Aerophile, only five of these balloons exist in the United States. Conner Prairie Interactive History Park provides family-friendly fun for all ages in Fishers, Indiana, USA. Founded by pharmaceutical executive Eli Lilly in the 1930s, Conner Prairie living history museum now recreates life in Indiana in the 1800s on the White River and preserves the William Conner home (listed on the National Register of Historic Places). This image was stitched from 2 overlapping photos.

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On the 1859 Balloon Voyage at Conner Prairie Interactive History Park, visitors can ride a tethered helium balloon up to 377 feet (115 m) above the ground. The attraction is based on the historic August 17, 1859 trip of Aeronaut John Wise, where he made the first airmail delivery in the United States 25 miles (40 km) from Lafayette to Crawfordsville (Indiana) carrying 123 letters and 23 circulars. Wise was also the first to observe the jet stream, noting a "great river of air which always blows from west to east." Lifted by the largest tethered gas passenger balloon in the world (105 feet or 32 m tall), the gondola can carry up to twenty people. Manufactured by the French company Aerophile, only five of these balloons exist in the United States. Conner Prairie Interactive History Park provides family-friendly fun for all ages in Fishers, Indiana, USA. Founded by pharmaceutical executive Eli Lilly in the 1930s, Conner Prairie living history museum now recreates life in Indiana in the 1800s on the White River and preserves the William Conner home (listed on the National Register of Historic Places). This image was stitched from 2 overlapping photos.