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Old 23-07-2016, 17:55   #1
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I don't get it.
Some Russian has just sailed, flown, drifted, whatever, around the world, non stop, in a hot air balloon in just 11 days. He started and stopped in Australia! How come some american didn't do this first?
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Re: I don't get it.
Steve Fosset was first, in 2002. 13 days.

The record was broken. 11 days.

https://www.rt.com/news/352853-konyu...alloon-record/
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