Priest disappears with helium balloons south america

By James Draper For Mailonline. In Pixar animation Up it was a house tied to brightly coloured balloons, but for this British thrill-seeker, it's a camping chair. Brit Tom Morgan, 38, drifted nearly 16 miles across South Africa and reached a height of 1. Tom's stunt resembles scenes from Pixar animation Up, in which a house is carried along by hundreds of balloons, pictured. He had previously attempted the cluster ballooning stunt three times in Botswana before finally succeeding north of Johannesburg using the last of his helium supply.

Authorities say DNA from a body found earlier this month off Brazil's coast matches a priest who disappeared while flying over the Atlantic attached to hundreds of brightly colored party balloons. Adelir Antonio de Carli set off from the Brazilian port city of Paranagua on April 20 strapped to 1, helium-filled balloons in an attempt to raise money to build a rest stop and worship center for truckers. When de Carli, took off that fateful day he was wearing a helmet, aluminum thermal flight suit, water proof coveralls and parachute and was seeking to break a record for the longest time in-flight with party balloons. The experienced skydiver, who had survival and wilderness training, was also carrying a GPS tracker and a radio so he could report his position to the Brazilian Navy and air traffic control. He planned to use the money raised in his attempt to break the hour record to fund a "spiritual" rest stop in Paranagua, home to Brazil's largest grain port. He was reported missing about eight hours after taking off when he lost contact with port authority officials.

Image by Getty Images. Konyukhov is attempting to break the world record for a solo, non-stop hot-air balloon flight around the globe. The world record, set by American aviator Steve Fossett in in his sixth attempt and only the second successful circumnavigation of the world in a balloon so far is 13 days. Fedor Konyukhov, the Russian adventurer, aims to set a new world record by circumnavigating the globe without touching down in under 13 days. The flight will cover a distance of 33,km and the 52m-high helium balloon will be travelling at a speed of up to km per hour, at an altitude of up to m.

If it wasn't for the white cliffs of Dover, you could almost mistake it for a scene from the Oscar-winning animation Up. In the Pixar film, Carl Fredricksen strapped hundreds of equally bright balloons to his house to transport it from the U. Go with the float: Adventurer Jonathan Trappe floats over Dover in his quest to become the first person to cross the English channel on a cluster balloon.