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Ben L. Abruzzo
Ben L. Abruzzo
Ben L. Abruzzo

Ben L. Abruzzo

1930 - 1985
Active InAlbuquerque, New Mexico, USA
BiographyAn American balloonist and businessman who helped make Albuquerque, New Mexico, into an international ballooning center. He was part of the balloon crews that made the first Atlantic Ocean crossing by balloon in the Double Eagle II and the first Pacific Ocean crossing by balloon in the Double Eagle V.
Person TypeIndividual
Terms
    1945 Nashville, Tennessee- 2021 Albuquerque, New Mexico
    Ray Abeyta
    1956 Santa Cruz, New Mexico - 2014 Brooklyn, New York
    Howard N. Cook
    1901 Springfield, Massachusetts - 1980 Santa Fe, New Mexico
    Patrick Nagatani
    1945 Chicago, Illinois - 2017 Albuquerque, New Mexico
    1948 Moncada, Tarlac, Phillippines - 2019 Tokyo, Japan
    Teri Greeves
    born 1970 Lander, Wyoming; lives Santa Fe, New Mexico
    Pablita Velarde
    1918 Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico - 2006 Albuquerque, New Mexico