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Up, up and ... 'Up'.

Publication: Indianapolis Business Journal
Publication Date: 15-JUN-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Up, up and ... 'Up'.(LOU'S VIEWS)(Conner Prairie Inc.)

Article Excerpt
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This week, balloons take visitors into Conner Prairie airspace, a wizard to and from Oz, and a grieving curmudgeon to animated adventures.

The journey from here to there (wherever there may be) has inspired many an artist and adventurer. And flight--the soaring kind, not the running away kind is often a key component.

Over the course of 24 hours, I recently experienced three very literal flight adventures, one physical, one theatrical and one cinematic.

As of last week, visitors to Conner Prairie no longer need to stay earthbound. The living history museum opened up a new attraction, an 1859 Balloon Voyage that (for an extra fee), takes a ring of passengers about 350 feet above Fishers.

The view from there is as spectacular as any view of central...

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