Ballooning > Extreme Flying > RTW

• Armchair Adventures - Jay A.C. Hart has written an intriguing blow by blow account of the around-the-world race.
  
   
• BBC News Ballooning: the ins and outs, the ups and downs - Just how far have we come since the first hot-air balloon experiments in 1782? We take a good look inside the latest high-tech balloons and capsules built to withstand icy temperatures and weeks of floating round the globe.
  
   
• Breitling-Orbiter 3 - These guys did it! The official site for Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones' successful around the world balloon flight.
  
   
• Cable & Wireless Balloon Site - Cable and Wireless Balloon Attempt - Circumnavigation, Aviation's Last Great Challenge
  
   
• Discovery Online, Balloon Alert - Discovery Channel Online's map showing all the flights and details on each contender.
  
   
• Global Conqueror - Global Conqueror around the world balloon - Gerrit Coetzee, Terry Adams and Kevin Roberson
  
   
• Gosh Films 1998 - 7 video clips from around the world flights, launches, and landings.
  
   
• ICO Global Partner Resources - You will find here all the information and elements you need to link to icoglobal.com or integrate the exciting event as a news item on your site.
  
   
• ICO Global.com 98-99 - The official site for the ICO Global round-the-world balloon flight. Follow Richard Branson, Steve Fossett and Per Lindstrand on the last great aviation adventure -- an epic 18-day circumnavigation of the globe.
  
   
• NOVA Online - NOVA/PBS Online Adventures follows Richard Branson's Global Challenger team as they attempt an around-the-world balloon flight. Delve into the history of science and ballooning, follow the attempts of earlier balloonists to make the round-the-world flight.
  
   
• Spirit Of Peace - Home Page - Around the world effort of Crispin Williams, Mark Sullivan, and Jacques Soukup. "...the balloon will glide across international borders with a message of hope to break down the barriers to peace. The mission will promote equality for all and a genuine concern for human welfare in all the countries flown over or passed nearby."
  
   
• Spirit of Peace- Morres Lifstyle - Morres Lifestyle in Hulst supplies futuristic berths for balloonists. The super mattresses are designed to keep the crew fresh and well rested. Ever wonder where all that rtw equipment comes from?
  
   
• Team RE/MAX Ballooning - scientific background and Details of the Team RE/MAX Ballooning mission to circumnavigate the globe. Also here is the K-12 educational curriculum, consisting of 30 activities in geography, meteorology, aeronautics and human adaptation.
  
   
• The Commanders RTW Page - Weather and maps for each around the world group and jetstream images.
  
   
• The Mission: Around the world by balloon - Quest TV made a one hour documentary on the RTW race and this companion website.
  
   
• The official Virgin Global Challenger site. - Lindstrand, Branson and Fossett's latest attempt. What next for this site? 1. We're a great place to come to read about the Round-the-World Balloon race. 2. We'll keep bringing you all the news on future exciting ballooning challenges.
  
   
• Tons O' Fun RTW Page - Listing of all the failed around the world attempts.
  
   
• Yahoo! Full Coverage:Around the World Ballooning - Yahoo's listing of news articles on RTW flying plus audio and video clips and related sites.
  
   
• Ballooning triumph inspires next challenge - Calgary Herald proposing a round the world race from the Calgary World's Fair.
  
   
• Spirit of Freedom - Steve Fossett is attempting to be the first to circumnavigation the Earth in a balloon by himself. Plans to launch summer 2002 from Northram, Australia.