AUSTRALIA: JOINT U.S.-AUSTRALIAN ROUND-THE-WORLD BALLOON ATTEMPT IS POSTPONED AGAIN

Record ID: 983576

  • Title: AUSTRALIA: JOINT U.S.-AUSTRALIAN ROUND-THE-WORLD BALLOON ATTEMPT IS POSTPONED AGAIN
  • Date: 13th January 1999
  • Summary: ALICE SPRINGS, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA (JANUARY 13, 1999) (SEVEN NET - NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA) 1. WIDESHOT DAWN HORIZON 2. DAWN 3. TAKING CAPSULE TO LAUNCH SITE 4. TAKING CAPSULE OUT OF HANGAR 5. DAVE LINIGER (LEFT) / BOB MARTIN 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) DAVE LINIGER, PILOT "Let's do this. We've waited a long time. Let's get in the air" 7. JOHN WALLINGTON SUITING UP 8. CRANE TAKING CAPSULE OUT TO LAUNCH 9. WEATHER BALLOON 10. LINIGER GETTING OUT OF CAPSULE 11. LINIGER UNSUITED 12. (SOUNDBITE) (English) DAVE LINIGER, PILOT "The winds just came up a little bit. Maybe if we could have gotten out half an hour sooner, or something like that. It took a little bit too long to make our mind to try it I think. It was a beautiful morning. The clouds parted. It was just going to be a great flight but." 13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) JOHN WALLINGTON, PILOT "It was a let down really I guess. It takes a lot of psyching up for and I guess we'll have to psyche up for it all over again. I was pretty convinced we were going to go for a while there. That's about it." 14. TOURIST HOT AIR BALLOON FLYING Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: ALICE SPRINGS, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA
  • Country: Australia
  • Reuters ID: LVA7VCCZWU460GZSDX1NH268XUFX
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