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DIVORCED. Malcolm Forbes, 66, ebullient balloonist, motorcyclist, art collector and millionaire chairman and editor in chief of Forbes magazine; and Roberta Laidlaw Forbes, 61; after 39 years of marriage, five children; in Jackson...
...DAVID HEMPLEMAN-ADAMS, British balloonist, before embarking on a solo trans-Atlantic crossing. He is hoping to set a distance record...
...senior Babcock was interested in more than just psychology. He loved the outdoors and was a gifted rower as a student at Yale, where he participated in top regattas. He was also a balloonist and nurtured an interest in gliding. Babcock remained physically active throughout his later years...
...Winners STEVE FOSSETT U.S. millionaire is first solo balloonist to circumnavigate the world. His immortal first words on landing: "Wait, what's an airplane...
...they have been graced with good luck. But the short answer is: Piccard is Swiss. "Because of his nationality, that of a neutral country, Piccard was able to obtain permission from China to pass over its airspace," says TIME writer-reporter Nadya Labi, who is following the flight. Other balloonists have had to do the aeronautical equivalent of gymnastics to try to get around China, dooming their flight. So why haven't we heard and seen more of this particular mission? Though Piccard comes from a distinguished aeronautical family, neither he nor Jones has the name recognition of a millionaire...