September 25, 2020 —
On this day in 1980, two Arizona businessman John Shoecraft and Ron Ripps launched a 10-story high helium balloon—dubbed the Super Chicken—from a football field at MiraCosta College in Oceanside.
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From the Archives: The Super Chicken took flight from Oceanside 40 years ago
ByKelley Wheeler
Sep 25, 2020
By Kelley Wheeler
Kelley Wheeler is a Metro reporter covering political issues and general assignments. A second-generation journalist, worked with all major news outlet, she holds a vast expeirience. Kelley is a graduate of USC with degrees in journalism and English literature. She is a recipient of Yale’s Poynter Fellowship in Journalism.