A British adventurer has come back to Earth after drifting ten kilometres across the South African savannah in a camping chair attached to 100 balloons.<br /><br />This daredevil tied a bunch of balloons to a camping chair and took off over Joburg… https://t.co/FNYga1Pdvz— TFG Escapes Magazine (@TFGEscapes) 26 octobre 2017<br /><br /><br />Pre-flight preparations<br /><br />38-year-old Tom Morgan spent two days filling the balloons with helium before taking off.<br /><br />He reached a height of two and a half kilometres with his improvised aircraft.<br /><br />After two and a half hours in the air, he landed 24 kilometres away near Johannesburg Airport.<br /><br />More flying machines<br /><br />Our Engineering students are taking part in an EDTUK STEM project with RollsRoyceUK. Icebreaker task: make a balloon chair you can sit on! pic.twitter.com/03WoaO9BBq— Rotherham College (@RotherhamColl) 24 octobre 2017<br /><br /><br />Flying machine #arthistory #leonardodavinci pic.twitter.com/x5WYkn3OIN— Leonardo da Vinci (@ArtistDaVinci) 25 septembre 2017<br /><br /><br />Pour les avgeeks parisiens, the “Flying Machine” de Ali Cherri à la FIAC Hors les Murs. #FIAC #Paris #Art #Louvre #AvGeek #aviation pic.twitter.com/ho1f2nkfZi— Christophe Robin (XopheRobin) 22 octobre 2017<br /><br /><br />theresa_may's position is akin to boarding a "flying machine" AFTER it left Bognor Pier, shouting to UK"Join me on the flight" pic.twitter.com/SkrWUxrPIZ— Bryan Smith (BpsmithUk) 26 octobre 2016<br /><br /><br />Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines ( 1965 ) Movie #acropilot #aviators pic.twitter.com/RtkpCH13CK— Steampunk Agent (@SteampunkAgent) 10 octobre 2017<br />
