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Balloon flight aboard the Columbia at Scottsdale Field
Photographer Jack Collins flies as a passenger aboard the Goodyear airship Columbia at Scottsdale Municipal Field. The crew tests engines and controls, endures dust devils, and performs careful mooring as five passengers board, lift off, and complete a buoyant return to ground amid gusts and skilled handling by pilot Tom Riley.
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