As a child, Piccard was taken to the launch of several space flights from Cape Canaveral.
He developed early interests in flight and human behaviour in extreme situations.
He received a degree from the University of Lausanne in psychiatry.
He has since become a lecturer and supervisor at the Swiss Medical Society for Hypnosis (SMSH).

Piccard obtained licenses to fly balloons, airplanes, gliders, and motorized gliders.
In Europe, he was one of the pioneers of hang gliding and microlight flying during the 1970s.
He became the European hang-glider aerobatics champion in 1985.
As a child, Piccard was taken to the launch of several space flights from Cape Canaveral. He developed early interests in flight and human behaviour in extreme situations. He received a degree from the University of Lausanne in psychiatry. He has since become a lecturer and supervisor at the Swiss Medical Society for Hypnosis (SMSH).
Piccard obtained licenses to fly balloons, airplanes, gliders, and motorized gliders. In Europe, he was one of the pioneers of hang gliding and microlight flying during the 1970s. He became the European hang-glider aerobatics champion in 1985.
Bertrand Piccard