Basket ace balloonist; RECORD.AN explorer has broken two more world records by spending more than 14 hours in a tiny hot-air balloon. David Hempleman-Adams David Hempleman-Adams, LVO, OBE, (born 1956 in Swindon, Wiltshire) is an English adventurer. He is the first man in history to reach the Geographic and Magnetic North and South Poles as well as climb the highest peaks in all seven continents, a feat he christened the , 52, flew more than 200 miles in a capsule capsule In botany, a dry fruit that opens when ripe. It splits from top to bottom into separate segments known as valves, as in the iris, or forms pores at the top (e.g., poppy), or splits around the circumference, with the top falling off (e.g., pigweed and plantain). the size of a laundry basket. He smashed the previous bests for two types of balloon, the AA-01 and bigger AA-02. The AA-01 record had been eight hours and 12 minutes and stood for 26 years. David, of Box, in Wiltshire, flew from Missouri to Oklahoma to bring his aviation records total to 46. He said the flight had "beautiful scenery, some scary times and was a real test of skill". |
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