Skyhook balloons were high-altitude balloons developed by Otto C. Winzen and General Mills, Inc. They were used by the United States Navy Office of Naval Research in the late 1940s and 1950s for atmos
A Skyhook balloon launched in 1957 to photograph the Sun
Skyhook balloon leaving the deck of the USS Norton Sound (AVM-1) on March 31, 1949.
General Mills, Inc. is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer foods sold through retail stores. Founded on the banks of the Mississippi River at Saint Anthony Falls in
Skyhook balloon
…Skyhook balloons were high-altitude balloons developed by Otto C. Winzen and General Mills, Inc. They were used by the United States Navy Office of Naval Research (ONR) in the late 1940s and 1950s for atmospheric research, especially for constant-level…
Advertisement, late 1880s
Postcard image of the Gold Medal Flour factory in Minneapolis c. 1900
General Mills's corporate campus in Golden Valley, Minnesota
Former site of General Mills as of 2008[update] on the Mississippi River at Minneapolis