A Dream takes off

Using existing buildings, the Kollack plans call for extensive work on both the facades and roofs. Business leaders, including Charlie Maloof, enthusiastically support the idea. To enhance the image of the small town the leaders turn to fun-loving Pete Hodkinson. Expanding on traditional Bavarian holidays like Oktoberfest, and adding new events like the annual Helen to the Atlantic Balloon Race, Pete creates a party atmosphere in the town all year long.

By 1975 the town's is considered so successful that the federal government visits to study the town. Among those who meet with the officials - Pete Hodkinson himself. He takes the visitors up to view the city from his balloon. In 1976, while practicing for the Helen to the Atlantic Race, Pete's great balloon is tangled in electric wires near Toccoa, Georgia. Fun-loving Pete Hodkinson dies after safely lowering his passenger to the ground.

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