We can actually see 3-meter-long (3-yard-long) stalactites, some of them touching the propane burners.
"Bertrand Piccard" is a Swiss psychiatrist and balloon (aircraft)/balloonist.
Born in Lausanne, Vaud canton, Bertrand Piccard, along with Brian Jones (aeronaut)/Brian Jones, was the first to complete a non-stop Balloon (aircraft)/balloon flight around the globe. His grandfather Auguste Piccard was a balloonist and his father, Jacques Piccard an undersea explorer. He is currently trying to perform the first round-the-world Solar Impulse/solar flight, where he is the Initiator, Chairman and Pilot.
More Bertrand Piccard on Wikipedia.It's getting tougher and tougher.
Having to land in a bad place. That can happen when there is no wind and your gas starts to run out. You can find yourself blocked over the Alps for two hours and have to land on a forest or a rocky mountain peak.
Even as a Swiss pilot, I would be afraid to fly over a country which is in war, and I wouldn't have much pleasure to fly over a country where people are dying under the bombs.
We've lost a magnificent weather opening. I hope the dream will come true in the next weeks.
It's a living nightmare. We're very sad. Everything seemed so perfect this time.
Personally, my best memory is the precise moment between the takeoff and the landing, ... It's 20 days of beautiful moments.
I am with the angels and just completely happy, ... We are eternally grateful to the invisible hand that has guided us through this fantastic voyage.
The Iraqi air traffic controllers were very polite and very helpful.
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