Longest duration balloon flight (non-stop around the world)

What to remember

Flying a balloon all the way around the world without ever landing: Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones pulled it off in 1999. Their flight lasted 19 days, 21 hours and 55 minutes, the longest duration logged by a balloon.

That number was not the only one the two men went past on the trip. In a single flight, they broke the distance, endurance and duration records together.