Source: Yahoo! News – news.yahoo.com
An audacious, nearly 7,000-mile-long trip across the Pacific Ocean came to an end Saturday as two accomplished pilots safely touched down in the water just off the coast of Mexico in their helium-filled balloon after shattering two long-standing records.
Source: Two Eagles website – pacificballoon.com
At 7:29 this morning [January, 30 2015] MST (1429 UTC), the Two Eagles balloon passed the absolute world record for time aloft (duration) for gas balloons of 137 hours, 5 minutes, 50 seconds, set by Double Eagle II on its transatlantic flight in 1978.
Source: BBC – BBC.com
Two pilots have surpassed the world distance record for a flight in a helium balloon after crossing the Pacific Ocean.
Source: Oregon Coast TODAY – oregoncoasttoday.com
By Patrick Alexander
Tillamook’s air museum has a big future
Source: Albuquerque Journal – abqjournal.com
After experiencing delays earlier this month, an international team aiming to break two major ballooning records finally launched a helium-filled balloon Sunday.