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Piccard, Bertrand
Born: 1958 AD
Currently alive, at 51 years of age.
Nationality: Swiss
Categories: Aviators, Psychiatrist
Currently alive, at 51 years of age.
Nationality: Swiss
Categories: Aviators, Psychiatrist
1958 - Born on March 1st in Lausanne, Vaud canton. Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, first hot-air balloonists to circle globe nonstop, picking up their $1 million prize at National Air and Space Museum.
1999 - At midday on March 20th, a balloon carrying Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones 11,000 m (36,000 ft) above Mauritania floated past an imaginary finish line at longitude 9° 27¢ W.
- Recipient of the Harmon Trophy, the FAI Gold Air Medal and the Charles Green Salver.
1999 - At midday on March 20th, a balloon carrying Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones 11,000 m (36,000 ft) above Mauritania floated past an imaginary finish line at longitude 9° 27¢ W.
- Recipient of the Harmon Trophy, the FAI Gold Air Medal and the Charles Green Salver.
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