It’s 25 years since the first non-stop balloon flight around the world, and a man from Somerset was one of the pilots.
A man from Somerset has opened up about being one of the pilots on the first non-stop balloon flight around the world.
Now 25 years later, Mr Jones has been describing the highs and lows of an adventure he'll never forget. Mr Jones said that once they were on board and doing our checks, it was as if "nothing else existed", adding that they were "completely focussed" on what they were doing."We were very busy, there was constant work because there was no autopilot as such so one pilot had to be physically flying it at all times.
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