TIME TO TAKE IN THE SIGHTS. "TWO EAGLES" PILOT TROY BRADLEY OF ALBUQUERQUE TOOK A FEW MINUTES TO TALK TO MISSION CONTROL AT THE ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON MUSEUM ON TUESDAY. HE SAYS THE FLIGHT FROM JAPAN ACROSS THE PACIFIC WILL LEAVE HIM WITH SOME DISTINCT MEMORIES. HE SAYS FLYING OVER MOUNT FUJI WAS SPECTACULAR AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE PARTS OF THE FLIGHT.
BRADLEY AND HIS RUSSIAN CO-PILOT ARE TRYING TO BREAK THE DISTANCE RECORD FOR A GAS BALLOON. THEY LAUNCHED FROM JAPAN LAST WEEKEND AND, IF ALL GOES WELL, WILL MAKE LANDFALL IN THE U-S BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.
