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"  A pair of men\u2014one from New Mexico, the other from Russia\u2014have set a new record for a trans-Pacific flight by balloon, completing their journey in less than a week. Troy Bradley and Leonid Tiukhtyaev left Japan last Sunday and reached North America on Saturday, though not without a hiccup or two. The two men, who met while racing balloons in Europe, were supposed to land in Baja California, Mexico. But best-laid plans gave way when strong winds impeded their journey, forcing the pair to complete their journey with an emergency water landing just off the shore. A fishing boat came and picked them up. Despite the rough landing, their journey beat both the balloon duration record, set at 137 hours in 1978, and the distance record, set at 5,209 miles in 1981. Bradley and Tiukhtyaev completed their 6,646-mile journey in just more than 160 hours. Source: Associated Press. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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