81.   Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett crossed from the Eastern Hemisphere to the Western in his bid to become the first solo balloonist to circle the globe.

82.   Mrs. Murray and Smith, the reigning world helicopter freestyle champion, are also the first to circle the globe in such a small helicopter.

83.   Rain has forced Virgin boss Richard Branson and Chicago millionaire Steve Fossett to delay their bid to circle the globe in a hot air balloon, officials said Friday.

84.   Swiss pilot Bertrand Piccard will make his third attempt to circle the globe in a balloon this winter with a Concorde flight engineer, it was announced Thursday.

85.   The capsule of the balloon that made history last month by circling the globe nonstop will be housed in a Washington museum, its sponsors said Thursday.

86.   The men may face another clearance problem, however, before they can become the first to circle the globe nonstop in a balloon.

87.   The man who hopes to become the first hot air balloonist to circle the globe alone was slowly making his way toward Puerto Rico on Thursday night.

88.   The refusal may cost the European balloonists their bid to be the first to circle the globe by balloon.

89.   The only remaining team in the race to be first to circle the globe nonstop in a balloon Monday reached India, a spokeswoman said.

90.   The sailors left in September to circle the globe.