ANOTHER MILESTONE FOR TWO EAGLES GAS BALLOON PILOTS TROY BRADLEY OF ABQ AND LEONID TUIKHTYAEVOF RUSSIA. AS OF 7:29 FRIDAY MORNING, THEY PASSED THE ABSOLUTE WORLD RECORD FOR TIME ALOFT IN A GAS BALLOON. THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 137 HOURS, 5-MINUTES AND 50 SECONDS WAS SET BACK IN 1978 BY THE DOUBLE EAGLE-2 BALLOON.
SPOKESPERSON KIM VESELY SAYS TWO EAGLES HAS NOT YET BROKEN THE RECORD. SHE SAYS THAT WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE U-S NATIONAL AERONAUTIC ASSOCIATION, FOLLOWED BY THE FAI, AFTER THEY DOCUMENT AND REVIEW EVERYTHING … AND THAT COULD TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS. THE TWO EAGLES BALLOON IS EXPECTED TO LAND SATURDAY IN CALIFORNIA'S BAJA PENINSULA.
