Non-Stop Ballon Trip Around World Planned
<i> Associated Press</i>
WASHINGTON — An airline pilot, a British tycoon and a Soviet cosmonaut said Wednesday they will try to be the first crew to successfully circle the world non-stop in a balloon.
In the past, the Soviet Union had refused to allow a balloon in its airspace, said project leader and captain Larry Newman of Scottsdale, Ariz. But they have offered cosmonaut Vladimir Dzhanibekov as a partner, Newman said at a news conference.
The third balloonist for the trip scheduled between November and February will be Richard Branson of the United Kingdom.
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