There is still adventure out there.
"Helium balloons lift aviator Jonathan Trappe Up for transatlantic trip"
http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...-transatlantic
"An American aviator has begun the first attempt to cross the Atlantic suspended by hundreds of coloured balloons. Jonathan Trappe took off from Caribou, Maine, on Thursday morning as his capsule was lifted by 370 helium-filled balloons in heavy fog and he headed east from the US.........."