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Key Takeaways:

  • Stanley Butchart, a test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base in the 1950s, died Monday at the age of 85.
  • Albuquerque's annual International Balloon Fiesta began Saturday with a mass ascension of approximately 700 hot-air balloons.
  • The America's Challenge gas-balloon race is set to launch on Monday as part of the International Balloon Fiesta.
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Stanley Butchart, a test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base in the 1950s, died Monday in Lancaster, Calif., he was 85 … .

Albuquerque’s annual International Balloon Fiesta opened Saturday morning with a mass ascenion of about 700 hot-air balloons. The America’s Challenge gas-balloon race launches on Monday.

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