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1958- Swiss Psychiatrist and Balloonist On March 21, 1999, Swiss psychiatrist Bertrand Piccard and British balloon instructor Brian Jones (1947- ) became the first men to circumnavigate the globe in a balloon. Their voyage aboard Breitling Orbiter 3, a...
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Dr. Bertrand Piccard (born March 1, 1958) is a Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist. He was born in Lausanne, Vaud canton. His grandfather Auguste Piccard and father, Jacques Piccard, were noted balloonists and inventors. Growing up in a ballooning and...


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Science World
Balloon Boys.(balloon nonstop around the world; Bertrand Piccard, Brian Jones)(Brief Article)
05/10/1999: 400 words, approx. 1 pages
On March 19, 1999, two adventurers floated into history and shattered one of explorations last great records. Bertrand Piccard, 41, of Switzerland, and Brian Jones, 51, of the United Kingdom, became the first pilots to ever fly a balloon nonstop around the world....
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Balloonist Piccard comes from long line of record-setting pioneers
03/21/1999: 552 words, approx. 2 pages
Doing things nobody has ever done before comes naturally to the Piccard family. Balloonist Bertrand Piccard on Saturday became the first to go around the world non-stop in a balloon, following an adventuring tradition that began in 1931 when his physicist grandfather Auguste...
 


 

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