MODERN HOT-AIR BALLOON INVENTOR PAUL YOST DIES AT 87
AVIATION PIONEER Paul "Ed" Yost, the inventor of the modern hot-air balloon and a long-time proponent of manned balloon flights, died May 25 at his home in Taos, N.M. of natural causes. He was 87. Yost developed the onboard propane-fueled burner system that made longer balloon flights possible. He...
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