1.   Most business fliers would rather spend their idle time aloft looking out the window, reading a book or even eating that airline food they all complain about.

2.   Most business fliers would rather spend their time aloft reading, daydreaming or gazing out the window.

3.   During their time aloft, the particles affect everything from global warming to human mortality to the rainfall that ultimately scrubs them from the atmosphere.

4.   Two British adventurers attempting to make the first nonstop round-the-world balloon voyage set a record Saturday for the longest time aloft in a balloon.