BIBLIOGRAPHY

HOT AIR BALLOONING

By David Iggulden.

Published by Pierson & Co. PO Box 87 Mosman NSW 2088

This is an excellent and current account of both Australian and World Ballooning. With stunning photography.

THE DANGEROUS SORT

By Anthony Smith

Published George Allen and Unwin Ltd. London 1970.

A view of the rarefied world of gas balloons. Told as the story of Jambo an old style gas balloon and the birth of modern hot air ballooning in Britain.

BALLOONING HANDBOOK

By Don Cameron

Pelham Books Ltd. London 1980 Reprinted 1986
A good technical book on the art of Aerostation from the head of the world’s largest balloon manufacturer.

Also recommended reading for the armchair aeronaut:-

THE AERONAUTS - Time Life Books

THE COMPLETE BOOK OF BALLOONING - By Will Hayes

HOT AIR BALLOONS - Christine Kalakuka and Brent Stockwell Published by Friedman and Fairfax 1998

AUSTRALIAN ADVENTURES IN LEISURE - By Alan Moult

THE FIRST BOOK OF FIRSTS - Published by Marshall Cavendish 1973

THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF HOT AIR BALLOONS - Paul Garrison - Drake Publishers 1978

THE BOOK OF AEROSPORTS - Ann Welch - Reed Books, BT Batsford 1978

THE GIANT AIRSHIPS - By Douglas Botting - Time Life Books 

THE AIRSHIP SAGA - By Lord Ventry & Eugene M Kolesnik - Blandford Press 1982

AIRSHIP - The Story of R34 and the first east-west crossing of the Atlantic by air. - By Patrick Abbott.

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