Harding also was one of six people on Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin's mission last June, when they flew to the edge of space.īefore the Titanic expedition, Harding shared on Facebook that the mission was "likely to be the first and only manned mission to the Titanic in 2023" because of weather conditions. He held several records with the Guinness Book of World Records, including "fastest circumnavigation of Earth via both the geographic poles" by airplane, which he and a team accomplished in 2019 in a little over 46 hours. British businessman Hamish Harding is seen in this handout picture taken in flight in July of 2019.Īside from his business, Harding was known for his exploits as an adventurer. The British businessman is referred to as a billionaire in the British press, but Forbes magazine noted that he's not included on its list of the world's richest people.
Harding was the chairman of a company called Action Aviation, which sells aircraft to Fortune 100 companies, international corporations, heads of state and people in the entertainment and sports industries, according to its website. Hamish Harding, chairman of Action Aviation
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"The team on the sub has a couple of legendary explorers, some of which have done over 30 dives to the RMS Titanic since the 1980s including PH Nargeolet," he noted.
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