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Dappling Albuquerque skies,balloons put hot air to use

By BY SUSAN LADIKA TRAVEL ARTS SYNDICATE

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Gliding over the dry New Mexico landscape, ochre-colored desert melding with ochrecolored houses, I envision the first hot-air balloon flight more than two centuries ago. It must have been an otherworldly sight - a rooster, duck and sheep lifting off in front of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, and soaring over the streets of Paris.

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This article was published September 28, 2008 at 3:16 a.m.

Travel, Pages 95 on 09/28/2008

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