Ballooning > Extreme Flying > First Crossings

• Trans-Tasman Attempt - Dick Smith Foods and Australian Geographic sponsor Dick Smith and John Wallington's attempt to fly from New Zealand to Australia against the prevailing winds. Launched February 22, 2000.
  
   
• Double Eagle II - National Air & Space Museum article on the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by balloon.
  
   
• Sahara Desert Crossing - In 1972, Julian Nott is the first to cross the Sahara Desert in a hot air balloon.
  
   
• The Great Balloon Hoax - Edgar Allan Poe's newspaper article on the first crossing of the Atlantic by balloon in 1844. Here's what really happened.