Lancaster-born John Wise was one of America’s great ballooning pioneers, a daring aeronaut who carried the first official U.S. airmail by balloon, studied the jet stream before it had a name, and dreamed of crossing the Atlantic by air. His remarkable life ended in mystery in 1879, when he vanished over Lake Michigan during his final flight. Click the link to read the full story.
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