Ralph H. Upson

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Ralph Hazlett Upson worked in the area of manned balloon flight at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company^[1] and won the 1913 International Balloon Race (with Ralph Preston)^[2]. He was also the second individual to win the Wright Brothers Medal (1929).

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1. ^ H. Green and E.N. Findley, Eds. (1920) Over There and Everywhere, U.S. Air Service 4(1), pp. 36.
2. ^ Round the World Flight, New York Times, May 13, 1919.