Raleigh resident and part-time daredevil balloonist Jonathan Trappe will be headed for the skies again next summer, this time on a trip across the Atlantic Ocean!
The big balls in the sky won’t just be the cluster balloons!
AN adventurer who became the first person to fly the English Channel dangling under helium-balloons is now planning to cross the entire Atlantic Ocean.
Intrepid Jonathan Trappe, 38, plans to navigate an incredible 2,500 miles next summer in a seven-foot lifeboat suspended by 365 huge UV-resistant balloons.
His outlandish aircraft will have an open roof with a canopy to protect him from high-altitude winds and frost bite.
Floating at between 18,000ft and 25,000ft – beating his previous record of 21,600ft – Jonathan will have to fly ten times further than his previous record of 230 miles to succeed.
via Airdevil plans Atlantic crossing using 365 balloons | The Sun |News.
Jonathan has been talking about this for a while. But, if anyone can do it, he can.