Friday, 13. September 2013

North Carolina man attempts to cross Atlantic with 370 party balloons


Jonathan Trappe is either on the world's best ever flight of fancy or he's reached the heights of lunacy.

The North Carolina IT manager reportedly lifted off from a field in Caribou, Maine, at 6 a.m. Thursday morning — held aloft by 370 party balloon filled with helium — hoping to become the first person to use such a contraption to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

cnews.canoe.ca

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