Topic: - on September 25, 2002 at 7:30:13 PM CEST
RECORD BALLOON FLIGHT SUNK BY WEATHER
The amazing record attempt to fly the world's largest balloon from the Westcountry to the edge of space this summer was finally called off yesterday due to unsuitable weather conditions. In order to beat the existing manned balloon altitude record the two pilots planned to ascend 132,000ft - around 25 miles.

¬><a href="www.westernmorningnews.co.uk"target="_blank"> western morning news
... Comment