1976 Press Photo Karl Thomas American Balloonist

Caption: American balloonist Karl Thomas is reunited with his wife aboard the Soviet freighter Dekabrist after it arrived in Rotterdam, Thursday morning. Thomas set out from Lakehurst, N.J., June 25 in an attempt to make the first solo balloon flight across the Atlantic but was forced down 500 miles from the U.S. coast.

The front and back of this photograph are pictured below.