After he had met Charles Pathé in Paris in 1909, he got into cinematography, besides his interests in motorcycle and car racing, aviation and ballooning.
Jean-Marie-Joseph Coutelle (1748-1835), French engineer, scientist, and ballooning pioneer
The facility is named in honor of 1st Lieutenant Robert Stanford Olmsted, U.S. Army Air Service, on 11 March 1948, killed in a ballooning accident over the village Loosbroek, Netherlands on 23 September 1923, while competing in the Gordon Bennett Cup.
In its early days the ring saw a ballooning show by the Montgolfier brothers in 1894.
Duplo Gardens (for smaller children), Driving area (including attractions such as Driving school, Boating school, Ballooning school, Flying school, and Fire Academy), My Town, Wild Woods, and Knight's Kingdom.
Some of the popular sports include Golf, Surfing, Diving & Snorkeling, Hot Air Ballooning, Rafting and Canoeing, Scuba Diving, Fishing, Cycling, Hiking, Trekking and Rock Climbing.
Swedenborg left for Paris in March 1897 together with Knut Frænkel where they received training in ballooning by Henri Lachambre, the manufacturer of the balloon "The Eagle" that was to be used in the polar expedition.
Shipley continued with his ballooning and parachuting and carried out a jump descending on Newcastle Town Moor in about 1896.