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PROJECT NAZCA ARCHIVE.
Group of material related to the historic balloon flights at Nazca, Peru.

4 December 2019, 13:00 EST
New York

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PROJECT NAZCA ARCHIVE.

Group of material related to the historic balloon flights at Nazca, Peru.
Lot includes:
1. Fabric used for November 1975 Nazca balloon.
2. 2 large pieces of fabric used for December 2002 Nazca balloon.
3. Wooden hook used to tighten the lines on the Nazca 2002 gondola.
4. 2 letters from Jim Woodman regarding the 1975 flight and the subsequent book covering the adventure.
5. 3 copies of Jim Woodman's Nazca: The Flight of the Condor I, one of which with Julian Nott's notes.
6. 2 Project Nazca, 1975 patches.
7. Assorted clippings and ephemera.

Project Nazca arose to explore the possibilities of early flight surrounding the mysterious desert lines drawings—vast pre-Incan geometric symbols and drawings etched into the earth. The original 1975 flight was sponsored by the International Explorers Society. Jim Woodman and Julian Nott proceeded to build and successfully fly a balloon using only methods and materials that would have been available to the ancient people of the land. Nott would go on to repeat the flight in 2002 for a Japanese television network.

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