Compiled by Shyam A. Krishna, Senior Associate Editor

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Balloons and ballooning: All you want to know about it

Ballooning is a sport, and balloons are used for recreation and surveillance

American adventurer Steve Fossett sets out on his sixth attempt in the Solo Spirit balloon to make the first solo flight around the world at Northam airport, 96km east of Perth, Australia, on August 5, 2001. Fossett, who became the first person to make a solo balloon flight across the Pacific Ocean in 1995, disappeared in 2007 while flying a light aircraft between Nevada and California. The plane’s wreckage was discovered in 2008.

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