Man Scraps Plans For Real-Life Version Of “Up”

Yesterday, Jonathan Trappe attempted set a world record by traveling the Atlantic with only helium balloons , but he was forced cut his mission short after just 12 hours.

Yesterday a brave, possibly insane man, took flight from Maine carried by 370 helium balloons. He was trying to cross the Atlantic Ocean, but sadly landed in Newfoundland, Canada after just 12 hours.

Yesterday a brave, possibly insane man, took flight from Maine carried by 370 helium balloons . He was trying to cross the Atlantic Ocean, but sadly landed in Newfoundland, Canada after just 12 hours.

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He used facebook to document the trip.

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"Hmm, this doesn't look like France," he wrote, after landing in Canada.

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He stayed in Newfoundland overnight, and did not comment on whether he will reattempt the trans-atlantic flight to Europe.

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