Breitling Orbiter 3 was the first balloon to fly around the world nonstop, piloted by Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones in 1999!

Bertrand Piccard tackles challenges that others consider impossible. He completed the first ever nonstop roundtheworld flight in a balloon, and is the initiator, chairman and Pilot of the “Solar Impulse” project: a solar airplane which is going to travel around the world in 2015 without a single drop of fuel. Psychiatrist, he draws from his hypnosis training and his interest in Eastern philosophies a different look that puts the human being and their quality of life in the foreground.

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