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AROUND THE WORLD IN 20 DAYS BALLOONISTS PICCARD, JONES CLOSE IN ON RECORD VOYAGE.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
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March 20, 1999
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The Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon was less than one day's flying time last night from achieving what had thwarted balloonists for two centuries: A non-stop voyage around the world.
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The balloon team's meteorologists forecast that the ...
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