About the Author

Gary B. Fogel is an adjunct professor of aerospace engineering at San Diego State University and the CEO of Natural Selection, Inc. He is also the author of Quest for Flight: John J. Montgomery and the Dawn of Aviation in the West, The Torrey Pines Gliderport, and Wind and Wings: The History of Soaring in San Diego. He lives in San Diego, California.

Reviews

If you are looking for a good book on the extraordinary career of Park Van Tassel, your search is over. Gary Fogel offers a full account of the colorful adventures of the man who introduced Albuquerque to the balloon." - Tom D. Crouch, author of Wings: A History of Aviation from Kites to the Space Age

"Sky Rider traces the history of ballooning in the American West and worldwide through the biography of one of its most colorful showmen--Park Van Tassel. Fogel shows how a barkeep-turned-aeronaut popularized aerial entertainment through balloon launches, parachute drops, and trapeze shows." - Marilee Schmit Nason, Former Curator of Collections at the Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum

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