Although the Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics was not formally established as a separate academic unit until July 1 1945 the Purdue and Lafayette community have a much longer a
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Although the Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics was not formally established as a separate academic unit until July 1 1945 the Purdue and Lafayette community have a much longer aerospace tradition The first airmail delivery in the US for example originated by hot air balloon in Lafayette on August 17 1859 Flown by John Wise of Lancaster Pennsylvania this balloon carried 123 letters and 23 circulars approximately 25 miles to Crawfordsville Indiana until forced to land by lack of buoyancy Mr Wise also conducted experiments for a local resident to detect the presence of ozone in the upper atmosphere during this flight Thus ten years before Purdue University was founded in
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