Orbiterballoon.com is
my personal web site. When the Breitling Orbiter 3 touched down in Egypt
on 21st March 1999, after the first successful circumnavigation of the
world, my life changed dramatically. I never expected to become one of history's 'aviation pioneers'.
On this site I will try to keep you up to date with what I am doing in my professional life and give news of current projects. One of the most important of these, for me, is our Winds of Hope foundation. While Bertrand Piccard and I were drifting (purposefully!) high above the earth in our small capsule, we became very aware of the fragility of our planet and of the people who inhabit it. Winds of Hope aims to promote a more sensitive approach to our environment and to the future of mankind. In particular we seek to help children who are suffering in forgotten or unreported circumstances.
A book, written by Bertrand and myself, describing our extraordinary adventure is now available. If you order your copy through this website then I can include a personal message for yourself, or someone else if the book is a gift.
I have also produced an interactive CD-ROM which is packed full of information about the flight and includes, amongst other things, a 3D environment of the inside of our tiny capsule which you can explore, a complete copy of the flight log and previously unpublished video clips from each stage of the journey.
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Latest Information:
2009 marks the 10th anniversay of the Breitling Orbiter 3 flight around the world, and to celebrate Breitling kindly provided a replica balloon which I took on a World Tour aiming to raise money for our foundation Winds of Hope. I will update this notice when I have the exact figure raised, but it looks to be in the order of $120,000. Very many thanks once again to Breitling for their generosity and willingness to give continued support.
If you would like to see some photos of this tour, you can download a PowerPoint show (34 mb) from this link:
