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Record breaking balloon: You need the right weather
Two men piloting a helium balloon across the Pacific have beaten world distance and duration records by flying for more than 137 hours and travelling more than 6-and-a-half thousand miles.
American Troy Bradley and Russian Leonid Tiukhtyaev made a sea-landing of the 'Two Eagles' balloon 4 miles off the coast of Baja, Mexico. They took off from Japan on Sunday.
Troy Bradley told Dotun Adebayo on 5 live that you had to wait for the weather before taking to the air.
This clip is originally from 5 live Up All Night on Sunday 1 February 2014
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