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Helium balloon pilots land after historical 7,000-mile flight
- reidacdc 12y agoThe article says they set new distance and duration records, at 7000 miles and 137 hrs respectively, but the Breitling Orbiter 3 did a 25000 mile track in over 19 days in 1999. So what's the right scope for this record? Their end-points are farther apart than the Breitling guys, who essentially went the long way from Switzerland to Egypt, is that the deal? Is there a similar qualifier for duration?
- maxerickson 12y agoIt was a pure helium balloon, no burner. The Breitling was a hybrid: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rozi%C3%A8re_balloon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rozi%C3%A8re_balloon
- reidacdc 12y agoThanks!