Don Cameron (balloonist)

Cameron developed the hot air balloon entitled Bristol Belle which flew for the first time at Weston on the Green in Oxfordshire, England on 9 July 1967.

1971 also saw Cameron build Golden Eagle, a balloon designed specifically to fly across the Sahara to shoot a film for Jack Le Vien.

[4] Taking off from South Korea and landing on 21 February 1995 in Leader, Saskatchewan, flying a Cameron Roziere, Steve Fossett became the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.

[5][4] In 1999 a Cameron Roziere balloon R-650, named the Breitling Orbiter 3, made the first non-stop flight round the world.

They (Fossett & Spirit of Freedom) reached speeds of up to 322 kilometres (204 miles) per hour, and flew as high as 10,580 metres (34,700 feet).

Envelope of the Breitling Orbiter 3 exhibited at the Gasometer Oberhausen from 2004 to 2006.