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Uliassi preps second solo round-the-world balloon run
Chicago Heights native Kevin Uliassi plans a late fall second attempt to be the first to fly a nonstop balloon circumnavigation. His 140-foot Rozier will launch from Lowes Park quarry after mid November aiming for 10 to 20 days and about 20,000 miles with IIT hosting the communications center and wind forecasting support from Bob Rice's Weather Window.
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