In 1999 he co-piloted Orbiter 3, the first balloon to circumnavigate the globe.
1999年,皮卡德曾担任轨道飞行器3号的副驾驶,这是第一个实现环球飞行的热气球。
It was when he landed in the Egyptian desert with just 40kg of propane left from the 3.7tonnes he had taken off with 20 days earlier that Mr Piccard decided his next challengewould be to repeat the flight using no fuel at all.
在飞行了20天以后,气球在埃及的沙漠中着陆,此时原本携带的3.7吨丙烷就只剩下40千克,这激发了皮卡德向无燃料环球飞行发起挑战。
He teamed up with Andre Borschberg, a fighter pilot and engineer, to form the Solar Impulseproject.
于是他与战斗机飞行员兼工程师安德烈博尔施伯格通力合作,共同发起了太阳驱动计划。
Mr Piccard comes from a line of adventurers.
皮卡德来自探险之家。
His grandfather, Auguste, was the first to fly a balloon into the stratosphere.
他的祖父,奥古斯特,是驾驶气球飞入平流层的第一人。
His father, Jacques, plunged to record depths in a deep-sea submersible.
而他的父亲,雅克,专注于深海潜探,并创造了下潜深度的历史记录。
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