Richard Branson: The Life and Business Lessons of Richard Branson by Ilian George

Author:Ilian, George [Ilian, George]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biographies & Memoirs
Publisher: GeorgeIlian.com
Published: 2015-01-30T18:30:00+00:00

Everyone needs a hobby, and if you have got a fortune at your disposal, you can afford to have an expensive hobby. In Branson’s case, that hobby is hot air ballooning. Branson laid out a series of challenges for himself: they were all balloon journeys no one had accomplished before. He broke the distance record for a hot air balloon when he crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1987, reaching speeds of up to 142 mph. Four years later, he crossed the Pacific, and this time set a new speed record of 245 mph. The biggest challenge remained, however: Branson wanted to be the first person to circumnavigate the globe by balloon. He attempted this twice, in 1995 and 1998, but was ultimately beaten to the record by the crew of the Breitling Orbiter 3 later that same year. Branson took his defeat gracefully, and instead turned his attentions to a number of other record breaking feats, including the fastest crossing of the English Channel in an amphibious vehicle (1 hour, 40 minutes and 6 seconds in March 2004). That record still stands today.

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