Show f 4 FREE n BALLOONING airplane pilot may have a job that I Ii brings thrills and nd excitement but the fel fel- who flies a free balloon is more likely to lead lead an a adventurous life The experiences of tt t yb o teams in th the recent rece t James Gordon Ben race seem to fo bear that out pretty thor thor- The Polish came ame down clown far up in the Canadian wilderness and for days it was b believed that its its' tw two Occupants ts had perished At llast last they showed up alive an and well well and and d then all hands turned to look for the other lost b balloon which it was feared had drifted out o over oer er the op open n sea That balloon likewise turned UP UD a few days later and its fliers were fo hd in an ah Ontario forest bruised half st starved sick and exhausted J The experiences of these thes two teams seem to indicate that b balloon racing is now about as purposeless and nd dumb a sport port as modern ord 1 1 |