Meet Dubai’s High-Altitude Groundbreaker

Edgora McEwan is on the rise in Dubai. A mother of two originally from Uzbekistan, she is the United Arab Emirates’s first female hot air balloon pilot-in-training. You’ll see why Edgora has such a passion for flying these lighter-than-air aircrafts when cyclist and adventurer Mark Beaumont joins her for an early morning flight over the Dubai desert. Spoiler alert: the sunrise is stunning. This Great Big Story is by Dubai: https://www.visitdubai.com/en/ SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/vR6Acb #Dubai #HotAirBalloon #Pilot This story is a part of our Human Condition series. Come along and let us connect you to some of the most peculiar, stirring, extraordinary, and distinctive people in the world. Got a story idea for us? Shoot us an email at hey [at] GreatBigStory [dot] com Follow us behind the scenes on Instagram: http://goo.gl/2KABeX Make our acquaintance on Facebook: http://goo.gl/Vn0XIZ Give us a shout on Twitter: http://goo.gl/sY1GLY Come hang with us on Vimeo: http://goo.gl/T0OzjV Visit our world directly: http://www.greatbigstory.com