• Bright red and yellow metal structure that is the gondola used to carry people and equipment during a balloon ride. It has the inscription, Breitling Orbiter 3. Attached to the metal structure are silver tanks.
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    On March 21, 1999, Bertrand Piccard and Bryan Jones guided Breitling Orbiter 3, the first balloon to fly around the world non-stop, to a safe landing on a desolate stretch of desert in Western Egypt. 

  • Bright red and yellow metal structure that is the gondola used to carry people and equipment during a balloon ride. It has the inscription, Breitling Orbiter 3. Attached to the metal structure are silver tanks.

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Dane Penland

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