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| Named Person: | Bertrand Piccard; Brian Jones |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Bertrand Piccard; Brian Jones |
| ISBN: | 0471378208 9780471378204 0471395374 9780471395379 |
| OCLC Number: | 42296344 |
| Notes: | "First published as The Greatest Adventure: The Round-the-World Balloon Voyage of the Breitling Orbiter 3 in the United Kingdom in 1999 by Headline Book Publishing"--T.p. verso. |
| Description: | 306 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Diagrams of the Breitling Orbiter 3 -- Take-off -- Origins -- Enter Breitling -- Third Time Lucky -- Heading South -- Fresh Air Over Africa -- Trouble Ahead -- Chinese Puzzles -- Pacific Blues -- Cast Adrift -- Last Lap -- Hard Landing -- Heroes' Welcome -- Round-the-World Attempts. |
| Other Titles: | Tour du monde en 20 jours. |
| Responsibility: | Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones. |
Abstract:
Describes the round-the-world flight of the Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon that took off from Switzerland and landed twenty days and 29,000 miles later in Egypt.
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