April 1954 – An Artist’s Concept of Free Ballooning Posted on July 13, 2015July 14, 2015 by Martin Beall The club needed a net for one of their balloons – the 80,000. They built a frame called a jig which allows them to make a net (below). (From left – Francis Shields, Jerry burns, Eleanor Vadala, Kate Orensen, Pete Pellegrino)