Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones flew nonstop around the world in a balloon, landing safely Sunday in the Egyptian desert.

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In March 1999, Piccard was on the final leg of an around-the-world journey by hot air balloon the first-ever nonstop flight of its kind when his Breitling Orbiter 3 swept low over the Egyptian desert and skidded to a halt on the corrugated plains.

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