Article: BALLOON FLIGHT MAKES HISTORY; NONSTOP TRIP CIRCLES GLOBE.(NEWS)

Article: Brian Jones and Bertrand Piccard--the ...
Geographical;  May 1, 2006 ;     549 words ...Brian Jones and Bertrand Piccard--the first pilots to circumnavigate the world, non-stop, in a balloon-have set their sights on an around-the-world flight in a solar-powered aircraft. They hope to depart in 2010, and aim to take 16 days.

Article: Brian Jones and Swiss Bertrand ...
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland);  March 14, 1999 ;     239 words ...ENGLAND'S Brian Jones and Swiss Bertrand Piccard passed the half- way mark yesterday in their round-the-world balloon bid. They crossed the point in the Pacific at a leisurely 35mph and aim to catch a jet stream below Hawaii for Mexico.

Article: Balloon Boys.(balloon nonstop around the world; Bertrand ...
Science World;  May 10, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... 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 ...

Article: Aviators Bertrand Piccard of Switzerland and ...
Geographical;  March 1, 2004 ;     558 words ...GLOBAL Aviators Bertrand Piccard of Switzerland and Brian Jones of the UK, who flew the Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon around the world in 1999, are planning to repeat the feat using a solar-powered aircraft.

Article: Bertrand Piccard's Around the World Balloon Trek ...
PR Newswire;  September 13, 1999 ;     560 words ... ... Without Wings WHO: Dr. Bertrand Piccard, explorer, scientist ... On March 1, 1999, Bertrand Piccard and co-pilot, Brian Jones, boarded the 18-foot ... AVAILABLE EDITOR'S NOTE: Bertrand Piccard recounts his journey in ...

Swiss scientist-adventurer and pilot Bertrand Piccard (L) ...
Getty Images;  May 22, 2007 ;     295 words ... ... adventurer and pilot Bertrand Piccard (L) and ... Full ... adventurer and pilot Bertrand Piccard (L) and Team mission coordinator British Brian Jones (C), the first ... Impulse" projet led by Bertrand Piccard this week carried ...

Article: Eco Flying Machine: One pilot, no gas and a nonstop flight around ...
Popular Science;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Michael Stroh Favorable winds weren't the only thing that helped Swiss psychiatrist Bertrand Piccard and co-pilot Brian Jones pull off the first nonstop round-the-world balloon flight in 1999. The trip also required burning ...