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Balloons of Fancy

Posted Wednesday, March 24, 1999, at 3:30 AM ET

This weekend, the Breitling Orbiter 3 became the first balloon to travel all the way around the world. The pilots won $1 million from Anheuser-Busch. Last year David Plotz questioned whether there can be any winners in balloon racing and concluded they're all just a bunch of losers.

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