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Walter Powell was born in Newport Wales into a very wealthy family; his father was reported to be the largest coal exporter in the world.

Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson will serve as co-pilot on Space Perspective's first crewed balloon flight in 2025.

This is the result of a balloonflight I made, above the east of the Netherlands. My mother had it on her bucketlist. So we went. Nowhere. We were heading nowhere. It was a balloontrip, we were heading wherever the wind took us. Unforgettable. Amazing, forever in my memory and on pictures, as you can see above. This post has no reason, neither there was a route to follow. It's a balloontrip. Statistics: Posted by rbos86 — 15 May 2025 13:03 * * *

Aviation News – A passenger died after jumping from a hot air balloon during an aerial baptism flight above the Dutch village of Zundert on Sunday evening. Emergency services were alerted by the balloon pilot and later located the victim's body near the village sports hall, prompting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident. The hot air balloon had departed from an area near Galder, close to the Dutch-Belgian border, at approximately 19:45 local time.