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"I have always wanted to go on a hot air balloon".

In partnership with  Burt & Davies we jointly funded the design and production of Australia's first disabled commercial passenger balloon launched over Melbourne in May this year. Read More... 

 

View a short video courtesy of Scope Victoria on the remarkable effect this new innovation has made on peoples lives.

 

View EAB Launch in May

On board the most powerful icebreaker in the world, Global's Kiff Saunders and John Sanderson set sail on the '50 Years of Victory' a specially equipped ship which is the largest nuclear-poered icebreaker ever launched. Passengers were given the option to soar high above the entire Earth on a hot air balloon flight in a part of the world most commonly associated with fairy tales and folklore - the North Pole! Read More...

View North Pole Video 

 

 

In 2011 Global Ballooning Business Manager, Despina Karatzias was awarded the VTIC Lynette Bergin Fellowship. Despina's quest for excellence took her on a 2 week journey in May this year to Cappadocia, Turkey and Tuscany, Italy. Read More...

 
View Despina's Fellowship Journey Video 

 

 

World renowned sculptor and visual artist, Patricia Piccinini, who grew up in Canberra, has been commissioned to design an artwork that will be delivered as a hot air balloon for Centenary of Canberra.

  

Canberra Museum and Gallery will hold an exhibition about the creation of the work. For more info click here. 

 

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