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Breitling Orbiter 3Lighter than airBy balloon around the worldIn March 1999 Bertrand Piccard together with Brian Jones achieved the first ever circumnavigation of the worlds by balloon. After the launch in Château d’Oex (Canton of Vaud) and a journey lasting 20 days, the “Breitling Orbiter 3” landed in Egypt. The balloon is a Rozière, a hybrid of gas and hot-air balloon. The original gondola has been given a place of honour in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington.Below on the model can be seen the pressure-cabin gondola and the solar-cell panels for charging the onboard batteries. Above the gondola is the multi-chamber envelope, which in the original reached a height of 55 metres.
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  • Breitling Orbiter 3
    Lighter than air
    By balloon around the world
    In March 1999 Bertrand ...

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  • Breitling Orbiter 3
    Lighter than air
    By balloon around the world

    In March 1999 Bertrand Piccard together with Brian Jones achieved the first ever circumnavigation of the worlds by balloon. After the launch in Château d’Oex (Canton of Vaud) and a journey lasting 20 days, the “Breitling Orbiter 3” landed in Egypt. The balloon is a Rozière, a hybrid of gas and hot-air balloon. The original gondola has been given a place of honour in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington.
    Below on the model can be seen the pressure-cabin gondola and the solar-cell panels for charging the onboard batteries. Above the gondola is the multi-chamber envelope, which in the original reached a height of 55 metres.
  • Inventory No.VHS-7892
  • Original/modelModell (1:40)
  • Object typeObject (three-dimensional)
  • Manufacturer/operatorBreitling SA (*1884), Hauptsponsor
    Piccard Bertrand (*1958), Driver
    Jones Brian (*1947), Driver
    Verkehrshaus der Schweiz (Roland Lohri) (*1947), Model maker
  • Dating2002, Vorbild: 1998
  • Object weightL x B x H 5.4 x 2.25 x 2.85 m
  • Number of crew2
  • Number of passengers0
  • Type of propulsionWind power