[DOC] [TLE] Transcontinental flight - Wikipedia [PAR] A transcontinental flight commonly refers to a non-stop passenger flight between 
an airport in the West Coast of the United States and an airport in the East Coast 
of the United States. Contents. [hide]. 1 History; 2 Timeline; 3 See also; 4 
References. History[edit]. The first transcontinental flight across the United States 
was made by ... It has been suggested that Cross-America flight air speed record 
be merged... [DOC] [TLE] List of firsts in aviation - Wikipedia [PAR] This is a list of firsts in aviation. Contents. [hide]. 1 The forerunners. 1.1 First 
alleged human ... First woman to pilot her own balloon: Sophie Blanchard flew 
solo from the ... First trans-Atlantic flight; The lighter-than-air U.S. Navy airship 
USS Los ... Orville Wright made the first successful flight in this aircraft on 
December 17,... [DOC] [TLE] American National Biography Online: Forbes, Malcolm Stevenson [PAR] In 1946 he joined the Forbes staff as an assistant publisher, became an ... and in 
1951 he was successful in securing the Republican nomination for New Jersey ... 
and hot-air ballooning, he acquired a motorcycle dealership (Slegers-Forbes, ... 
the first person to cross the United States from coast to coast in a single balloon. [DOC] [TLE] National Balloon Museum > Hall of Fame > Malcolm Stevenson ... [PAR] Inducted into the U. S. Ballooning Hall of Fame ... He was also a collector of art, a 
licensed hot-air balloonist and a motorcycle enthusiast. ... At the time of his death, 
Mr. Forbes was Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes magazine ... becoming 
the first person in history to successfully fly across America in a hot air balloon. [DOC] [TLE] HIS INVESTMENT IS GOING UP - SI.com [PAR] Dec 16, 1974 ... Malcolm Forbes is about to undertake a manned balloon flight across the ... At a 
recent hot-air balloon race near Fort Lauderdale, Fla., publisher-sportsman 
Malcolm ... became the first person to cross the continental U.S. in a single 
balloon. .... Others point out that the coast-to-coast flight was supported by a... [DOC] [TLE] Celebrating a Century of Flight - NASA History Homepage [PAR] the first successful powered flight took place. Wilbur Wright ... hot air, l the Paris. 
30 minu compan became gas ballo. Balloo. Europea ... A man in Constantinople 
fashioned sail-like wings from a ... air. He launched the first gas balloon in. Paris 
on 27 August 1783, near ...... May 23 First nonstop coast-to-coast airplane flight. [DOC] [TLE] Indiana Historian - IN.gov [PAR] hot-air balloon ... first airmail delivery via balloon from Lafayette, Indiana (see pp. 
... east coast. ... brothers' successful designs for their machines. .... American. 
Eugene Ely is first person to take off in an airplane from the deck of a .... flies in a 
jet plane (Air Training, September 1954, .... gine aircraft, and four single-engine 
air-. [DOC] [TLE] CIVIL AIR PATROL The Official Auxiliary of the United States Air ... [PAR] We sincerely thank the team of writers from the United States Air Force .... Among 
the earliest recorded stories of man in flight is the Chinese legend of .... he 
demonstrated a small hot air balloon for the King of Portugal. ... The first men to 
fly in a lighter-than-air craft rode a Montgolfier balloon into the air ...... coast to 
coast. [DOC] [TLE] F - Who's Who of Ballooning - The Early Years of Sport Ballooning [PAR] s: U.S.Army Security Agency, 1966-70.f: First B-Flight (gas) 1952 with Father; First 
B-Solo (gas) 1971 from ... More than 650 (27 gas starts) B-Hours by 1991;l: 
Author & Publisher of "Down One Diamond. ... FIRST to cross the English 
Channel, South to North, in a Hot-Air Balloon. ..... e: Orange Coast College, Costa 
Mesa, CA. [DOC] [TLE] Australian Ballooning Federation - Classifieds [PAR] Burner Cameron Shadow Single as new condition

Question: This publisher was the 1st person to fly successfully from coast to coast in the U.S. in a single hot-air balloon
Answer: Malcolm Forbes