Bangalore: 50 years ago, a 14-year-old sailed across the city in India's first hot air balloon
Fifty years ago, in November 1963, two German pilots rode a hot air balloon in Bangalore on Children's Day- the first hot air balloon flight in independent India. One of the men, Hermann Johannes Scheer had organised the ride to raise funds for Pestalozzi Children's Village in Germany. Joining them on the ride was a wide-eyed and excited Anil Kumar, who was 14 at the time.
