ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Wednesday, May 15, 1996                TAG: 9605150056
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: C-1  EDITION: METRO 

LAND IT YOUR WAY

LENGTH: Short :   20 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  WAYNE DEEL/Staff. 1. Members of the hot air balloon's 
          chase crew (above) run to meet the Burger King Whopper as it lands 
          in the ballfields behind the GE plant in Salem. 2. Mark Johnson 
          pilots the world's largest hamburger (right), which is five stories 
          tall, weighs 400 pounds and has 384 hand-sewn sesame seeds on top. 
          The balloon flew over the Roanoke Valley Tuesday morning. Johnson, 
          pilot of the Whopper since 1987, makes more than 150 flights every 
          year. color.