Blimey ! The envelope was 1.6 million cubic feet. To put that into perspective, a normal sports balloon is 80 or 90 thousand cubic feet and a big commercial ride balloon is 300 thousand cubic feet.
Well done also to Cameron Balloons
They also made Breitling Orbiter 3 which did the first circumnavigation with Bertrand Picard and Brian Jones. (I had the very real pleasure of meeting Brian and he comes across as an ordinary guy. I sat through some 90 minutes of commentary on the flight and I was spell-bound.)
is Vijaypat Singhania planning to visit the UK at some point ?