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20esimo anniversario primo giro mondo in mongolfiera con Breitling Orbiter 3

Piccard e Jones decollarono da un paese alpino svizzero il 1° marzo 1999

Esattamente 20 anni fa, era la mattina del primo marzo 1999 alle 9:09, Bertrand Piccard e Brian Jones decollarono dal paese alpino svizzero di Château-d'Oex a bordo del Breitling Orbiter 3 per tentare il primo giro del mondo senza sosta in mongolfiera.La circumnavigazione del globo tramite pallone era considerata la grande avventura finale del 20esimo secolo. Diversi miliardari quali Richard Branson...

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Berna, Svizzera, 03/01/2019 19:09
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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