deaths
October 8, 1985
Malcolm Ross, American captain, physicist, and balloonist (born 1919)
Malcolm Ross (balloonist)
Malcolm David Ross was a captain in the United States Naval Reserve (USNR), an atmospheric scientist, and a balloonist who set several records for altitude and scientific inquiry, with more than 100 hours flight time in gas balloons by 1961. Along with Lieutenant Commander Victor A. Prather (USN), he set the altitude record for a manned balloon flight.