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World Service,08 Oct 1999,4 mins

Circumnavigating the World in a Hot Air Balloon

My Century

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Swiss balloonist Bertrand Piccard and co-pilot Brian Jones were the first men to circumnavigate the world non-stop in a hot-air balloon. Bertrand remembers how he and Brian felt as they landed in Egypt after their record-breaking flight.

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