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marzo 21, 2019 - Solar Impulse

Bertrand Piccard celebrates the 20 year anniversary of his round-the-world balloon flight with Breitling Orbiter 3

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20 years ago, on March 21^st 1999 at 6:00 GMT, #bertrandpiccard and #brianjones successfully landed in the Egyptian desert, after traveling 45’755km in 19 days, 21 hours and 55 minutes, thus achieving the longest flight in the history of aviation for both distance and duration. The balloonists took off from Château-d’Oex, Switzerland, on March 1^st 1999.

The historic achievement for science, technology and mankind

Circumnavigating the globe in a balloon was considered as the final great adventure of the 20^th Century. Several billionaires such as Richard Branson and Steve Fossett had made unsuccessful attempts. In total, 10 teams tried 21 times to reach this last Grail. #bertrandpiccard himself failed twice in 1997 and 1998 before attempting the third flight with #brianjones.

Some keyfacts about the round-the-world

Duration of the flight: 19 days 21 hours 55 minutes
Maximum altitude reached: 11’755 meters
Maximum speed attained: 240 Km/h
Distance covered: 45’755 kilometers
Ratified distance: 40,814 kilometers
Number of countries crossed: 26 countries

Did you know that?

The public could follow Bertrand and Brian’s trip live on Breitling Orbiter's website. It was a first in the history of the internet! At the occasion of the 20^th #anniversary, we re-published the original website.

There was a third passenger onboard! Indeed, on the 5^th day of the flight, the pilots noticed a stow away: a mosquito that probably got in the balloon when they took off in Château d’Oex. Read the full story here.

After successfully achieving the round-the-world, Bertrand declared that he felt that, all along this adventure, they were guided by an “invisible hand” helping them to catch the jet stream in Mexico after being deviated from their initial route and then to reach the African continent with only a very small amount of propane.

Tell the story: available content for media

If you would like to communicate on this special event, you will find more information on the following links:

Multimedia material (Archive pictures, video footage and video interview, Bertrand Piccard’s bio, etc.) here: https://solarimpulse.com/media
Article on Solar Impulse Foundation’s website here: https://solarimpulse.com/news/view/relive-the-adventure
Breitling Orbiter 3 website here: https://breitling-orbiter.solarimpulse.com/index.html

- Video (16)

BROLL InsideTheCabin Bertrand VoiceAndImages

Denis BalibousePhotographe BreitlingOrbiter3 3033

- Fotogallery (11)

1553089225-1999 March 1st Bertrand Piccard in Breitling Orbiter 3 ©Piccard-Family

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1553089309-1999 March 1st Bertrand Piccard&Brian Jones Chateau dOex ©Piccard Family

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1553089342-1999 March 1st Breitling Orbiter 3 Over the Swiss Alps ©Piccard Family

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1553089580-1999 March 1st Breitling Orbiter 3 Ready to Take Off ©Piccard Family

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1553089898-1999 March 21st Bertrand Piccard&Brian Jones Egyptian Desert ©Piccard Family

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1553089957-1999 March 21st Breitling Orbiter 3 Landing in Egyptian Desert ©Keystone

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1553090004-1999 March Bertrand Piccard in Breitling Orbiter 3 ©Piccard Family 2

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1553090037-1999 March Bertrand Piccard in Breitling Orbiter 3 ©Piccard Family 1

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1553090088-2019 January 26 Bertrand Piccard&Brian Jones Chateau dOex ©Fondation Solar Impulse

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1553090135-2019 January 26 Bertrand Piccard&Brian Jones ChateauDOex ©Germain Arias-Schreiber

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1553090181-2019 January 26 Bertrand Piccard&Brian Jones Flying Chateau dOex ©Germain Arias-Schreiber

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- Documenti (1)

Press release

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