Ich bin ein Ballooner.

The article reports on a tour organized in June 1987 by businessman and publisher, Malcolm Forbes where he commissioned Harley-Davidson motorcycles and a balloon aircraft as part of a motorcade through German cities to promote U.S. goodwill. Topics discussed include the refusal of East Germany to let the fly to its side of Berlin, statement of U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Burt on the promotion of diplomacy and encounter with Russian soldiers at the Reichstag memorial building.