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The first type of aircraft--a balloon--finally accomplished the feat of circumnavigating the globe in 1999, more than a decade after a heavier-than-air-vehicle flew around the world without refueling. Dr. Bertrand Piccard, the Breitling Orbiter 3's captain, and copilot Brian Jones, also set two...
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