1999
27 years ago
Innovation
Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon
March 21, 1999
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Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
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Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
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- Date
- March 21, 1999
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- Innovation
- Years Ago
- 27
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