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发帖数: 6482 | 1 美男子挑战"飞屋环游" 飞跃大西洋
据英国《每日邮报》9月12日报道，当地时间9月12日，美国北卡罗来纳州39岁的男
子乔纳森•特拉普(Jonathan Trappe)，乘坐由370个氦气球带动的“飞船”，从
缅因州出发，开始为期3-5天的横跨大西洋之旅。他曾是唯一一位乘气球飞越英吉利海
峡与阿尔卑斯山的人。
原文这里
http://www.cnoutdoor.com/?action-viewnews-itemid-266401-php-1 | d**y
发帖数: 18174 | 2 为什么放弃了？
Jonathan Trappe forced to cut short transatlantic cluster balloon mission
American ballooner forced to land in Newfoundland due to technical issue
just 12 hours into the planned 2,500-mile journey
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Jonathan Trappe with the boat attached to clusters of balloons, which he
hoped would carry him acros
Jonathan Trappe with the boat attached to clusters of balloons, which he
hoped would carry him across the Atlantic. Photograph: Alexandre Ayer/
Barcroft USA
An American aviator who was trying to cross the Atlantic suspended from 370
helium-filled balloons has had to abandon his effort, just 12 hours and
about 350 miles into the trip.
Jonathan Trappe landed in a remote part of Newfoundland, Canada, on Thursday
night after putting a message on his Facebook page reading: "Hmm this doesn
't look like France."
He was foiled by what his team have described as a technical issue after his
capsule lifted off in heavy fog in Caribou, Maine, in the US and made its
way over the Canadian border and across the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
He then reported a "quiet sky … travelling at over 50mph in my little
yellow rowboat". But after joking about not having arrived at one of his
possible European destinations, he later reported that he had landed safely,
and said: "I put the exposure canopy up on the boat. Will stay here for the
night."
Trappe, 39, a seasoned cluster balloonist who is the first person to have
crossed both the Alps and the Channel by this method, had hoped to make the
crossing of up to 2,500 miles in three to six days. The IT project manager
from Raleigh, North Carolina, had suggested before embarking on the flight
that he could land anywhere between Iceland and Morocco depending on the
weather. He had been planning to "catch those transatlantic winds and ride
them across like a conveyor belt".
Kevin Knapp, speaking from the command centre overseeing Trappe's flight,
told Aero News Network the cluster balloon was never able to achieve a
stable altitude and developed a yo-yo effect – rapid descents, with the
aircraft hitting the surface of the water, followed by rapid ascents to 21,
000ft or more.
Knapp told other news outlets: "I can confirm that Jonathan was forced to
abandon the planned flight at around 18.30 EST. Thankfully he is safe and
well and currently making preparations to get home.
"While disappointing that he had to cut his quest across the Atlantic short,
I know Jonathan thanks everyone for their support and encouragement."
【在 b*******e 的大作中提到】
: 美男子挑战"飞屋环游" 飞跃大西洋
: 据英国《每日邮报》9月12日报道，当地时间9月12日，美国北卡罗来纳州39岁的男
: 子乔纳森•特拉普(Jonathan Trappe)，乘坐由370个氦气球带动的“飞船”，从
: 缅因州出发，开始为期3-5天的横跨大西洋之旅。他曾是唯一一位乘气球飞越英吉利海
: 峡与阿尔卑斯山的人。
: 原文这里
: http://www.cnoutdoor.com/?action-viewnews-itemid-266401-php-1
| b*******e
发帖数: 6482 | 3 [虽败犹荣]
The great Michael Jordan once said, "I can accept failure, everyone fails at
something. But I can't accept not trying."
"It's not the destination I set out for, but it's kind of the way with real
adventure. Adventure isn't what you planned on, it's what you find, and that
's what we have today," Jonathan Trappe told the CBC.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/14/cluster-balloons-jonat
Dream Big, And Take Inspiration From Where It Comes Naturally | b*******e
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