Around the world in 20 days by Piccard. Bertrand, and Jones. Brian,

Hard back book with colour pictorial dust jacket, 307 pages, illustrated with colour plates, 13 chapters, appendix of round the world attempts.

In this dramatic and inspiring account, Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, the pilots of the Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon, tell the remarkable story of their record-breaking round-the-world flight in March 1999, one of the great feats of human endurance.
By the time Piccard and Jones took off from Switzerland on March 1, they had already faced many problems and delays, and the prospects of winning the race to be first round the world looked dim -  a rival balloon was many days ahead of them. Then just as they were about to cancel their attempt, a perfect weather window opened up, and they were off.  As their rivals faltered and ditched in the ocean, Piccard and Jones caught the jet-stream winds for an exciting and perilous ride.