"The only way never to fail is never to try"
(Bertrand Piccard)
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Breitling Orbiter 1:
January 12, 1997: forced to ditch in the Mediterranean
after a six-hours flight because of a fuel leak in the
cabin.
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Breitling Orbiter 2:
January 28 to February 7, 1998: absolute distance
and duration record for all categories of aircraft.
Landed in Myanmar (Burma) when permission to enter
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