Maxie Anderson

Maxie Anderson

Max Leroy Anderson (September 10, 1934 – June 27, 1983) was an American hot air balloonist and businessman. He helped place Albuquerque on the map as the balloon capital of the world. He was responsible for the first nonstop balloon crossing of the Atlantic Ocean and of the United States.

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    I don’t want to shoot any Englishmen. I never saw one ‘til I came up here. But I suppose most of them never saw a German ‘til they came up here.
    —Maxwell Anderson (1888–1959)