BRITISH BALLOONISTS TRYING TO HOOK UP WITH JET STREAM.(News) From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) | Date: February 19, 1999 | COPYRIGHT 1999 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Two British adventurers trying to be the first to circle the world in a balloon were floating yesterday over the Sahara desert, waiting to enter the jet stream, the team's flight director said.

``We are in a very good position for the next 24 hours to go up into the jet stream,'' said Ian Ashpole, speaking from the balloo...