Balloon Reaches Africa; Nonstop Trip Around Globe Nearly Complete

From: The Washington Post | Date: March 20, 1999| Author: David Brown; Charles Trueheart | Copyright information

Two adventurers were hours away from capturing one of the world's most tantalizing aeronautical prizes as they hurtled over the Atlantic and crossed the coast of Africa early today, aiming to become the first pilots to circle the globe nonstop in a balloon.

Bertrand Piccard of Switzerland and Brian Jones of Britain, flying a 20-story, helium-filled silver balloon called Breitling Orbiter 3, completed their Atlantic crossing at about 2:05 a.m. (EST) as they rode the jet stream eastward ...

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