Viewer: Matthew Pfeiffer
Tasker: Courtney Brown
Data: Type 3 (solo, viewer blind)
Target Specific:
Essential Cue:
Breitling Orbiter 3 flying over the Swiss Alps (1 March, 1999)Numbered Aspects
1. Breitling Orbiter 3 flying over the Swiss Alps (1 March, 1999, (9:30 a.m. Swiss local time)
2. Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones inside the Breitling Orbiter 3 as the balloon is flying over the Swiss Alps - perspective: from inside the cabin of the Breitling Orbiter 3 (1 March, 1999)
3. Breitling Orbiter 3 initially lifting off from the ground in the village of Chateau-d'Oex - perspective: from 100 feet above and 300 feet south of the Breitling Orbiter 3 (1 March, 1999, 9:05 a.m. Swiss local time)
Comments: The target for this session is the first balloon to circle the globe successfully without landing. An interesting article on this event can be found in the September 1999 National Geographic magazine. The aircraft is mylar/silver colored. This session is generally straightforward and easy to follow.
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