Ed Yost
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican balloonist (1919-2007)
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" He worked for a high-altitude research division of General Mills in the early 1950s until he left to establish Raven Industries in 1956, along with several colleagues from General Mills.
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Paul Edward Yost was the American inventor of the modern hot air balloon and is referred to as the "Father of the Modern Day Hot-Air Balloon." He worked for a high-altitude research division of General Mills in the early 1950s until he left to establish Raven Industries in 1956, along with several colleagues from General Mills.
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United StatesCategory
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 2007 · aged 87
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