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The worlds first glass-bottomed hot air balloon has taken its terrifying maiden flight, after it was launched in Britain at Europes biggest ballooning festival.The traditional wicker basket, which carries up to two passengers and two pilots who stand on just two-inch thick glass, was launched at the start of the 2010 Bristol International Balloon Fiesta. The fiesta, Europe's biggest balloon festival, has weird and wonderful shapes filling the skies to mark the golden jubilee of modern hot air ballooning. More than half a million people are expected to attend the four-day festival, held on a country estate, which involves some 150 balloons from around the world.
