Balloonists Head Toward Africa
From Times Wire Reports
Balloonists Bertrand Piccard of Switzerland and Brian Jones of England soared over Haiti and the Dominican Republic and headed out over the Atlantic. Their goal: A possible Sunday landing in northwest Africa. Piccard and Jones broke the distance record of 14,236 miles Tuesday after a March 1 liftoff from the Swiss Alps.
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