DR
BERTRAND PICCARD
 On
21st March
1999 balloonist
Bertrand Piccard
and his co-pilot
Brian Jones
landed the
Breitling
Orbiter 3
in the Eygptian
desert and
seized what
had been hailed
as the last
great trophy
in aviation,
to circumnavigate
the globe
non stop in
a hot air
balloon.
The voyage
last nineteen
days and they
travelled
further and
longer than
any other
aircraft.
It was his
third attempt
at the record.
The Federation
Aeronautique
Internationale
who had regulated
the event
confirmed
that three
world records
had been broken
– distance,
time and duration.
The Piccard
family are
famous Swiss
adventurers.
His grandfather
Auguste was
the first
man to reach
the stratosphere
and his father
Jacques designed
the first
tourist submarine
and is holder
of the deep
sea diving
record.
Bertrand
Piccard has
explored most
forms of free
flight from
microlight
aircraft and
aerobatic
hang-gliders
to parachuting
and ballooning
he holds several
records including
European Champion
in aerobatic
flight and
the world
record for
altitude.
He studied
medicine specialising
in psychotherapy.
A brilliant
inspirational
and motivational
speaker and
fluent in
both French
and English.
[
back
]
|
