On the Fly …

Stanley Butchart, a test pilot at Edwards in the 1950s, died Monday …Albuquerque’s annual International Balloon Fiesta opened Saturday.

Stanley Butchart, a test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base in the 1950s, died Monday in Lancaster, Calif., he was 85 ... .

Albuquerque's annual International Balloon Fiesta opened Saturday morning with a mass ascenion of about 700 hot-air balloons. The America's Challenge gas-balloon race launches on Monday.