bertrand piccard and brian jones became the first aviators to fly a hot air balloon around the world. do you think you could have made your trip around the world if you weren t a trained psychiatrist? honestly i m not sure it helps so much. it helped in terms of calling my certitudes into question. when you do a record what happens? you just try to beat somebody who has done something. you do it about the same way just a little bit better. when you want to go around the world nonstop. when nobody has done it, you have to invent a complete new strategy. breitling orbiter burned about four tons of carbon over 20 days aloft. constant blast of that burner got him thinking about making the same trip powered only by clean, quiet sunlight. 17 years and $170 million later. he actually
heights with acrobatic hang gliding. and a degree in psychiatry, bertrand lived up to the family legacy in a big way. record setting balloonist bertrand piccard and brian jones became the first aviators to fly a hot air balloon around the world. do you think you could have made your trip around the world if you weren t a trained psychiatrist? honestly i m not sure it helps so much. it helped in terms of calling my certitudes into question. when you do a record what happens? you just try to beat somebody who has done something. you do it about the same way just a little bit better. when you want to go around the world nonstop. when nobody has done it, you have to invent a complete new strategy. breitling orbiter burned about four tons of carbon over 20 days aloft. constant blast of that burner got him
It sounds like the title of a Jules Verne novel from the 19th century, but it's been described as the last great adventure of the 20th century-and it used a balloon design from the 18th century.
Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, piloting the Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon, have set a distance record as they attempt to become the first to fly a balloon.
The pilots of the Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon are aiming for a safe landing early Sunday morning in south-west Egypt, their place in the record books secure..