Flying Saucer or 'Flying Fish'?

摘要

Two years after their first attempt, when they were stymied by bad weather in 2011, two Frenchmen crossed the English Channel via an electric-powered hot air balloon, Iris Challenger II. On September 4, 2013, Gerard Feldzer and Pierre Chabert took off from Cap Gris Nez, France, at 7:30 a.m. and landed at Littlestone on Sea, in England, two hours and 23 minutes later. The French media nicknamed the balloon the "Flying Fish."