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Press Release – Wednesday September 9, 2009 13:00 Geneva time
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
53rd Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett Gas balloon race
Gordon Bennett Competition Center, Geneva – Ramada “encore” Hotel
At 12:00 today the 53rd Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett, the famous
international FAI aeronautical gas balloon race named after the US Media
tycoon James Gordon Bennett, came to a fantastic close with the final
landing of the 16th competitor in Portelas / Portugal, barely 20 km from
the most western tip of the European Continent, and only about 4 km from
the Atlantic ocean.
The French team of Sébastien ROLLAND and Vincent LEYS, onboard their
French registered gas balloon (F-PPSE), took off from Geneva last
Saturday (September 6) at 22:42 and flew 1.587km in 85h12min to the
final victory in the race. 16 gas-balloon teams from 8 nations took off
from Geneva during a dramatic night-launch in perfect weather conditions.
Of the 16 balloons
• 2 landed in France,
• 1 landed in Italy / Sardegna,
• 2 landed in Spain / on the Balearic Island of Menorca,
• 3 landed in Algeria,
• 5 landed in Spain / Mainland,
• and 3 landed in Portugal
after long and dramatic overwater flights over the Mediterranean sea in
which several World Records were broken. The three balloons which landed
in Algeria also made the first ever intercontinental gas balloon flight
between Europe and Africa. Full results can be downloaded from the
official race websites at
http://www.ballon...board.html and
http://www.satpro.../index.php
After more than 4 days on the watch, the competition director Markus
Haggeney and his team are pleased to see this race come to a happy and
perfect close. Competitors are expected back in Geneva for the official
Prize giving Ceremony at the Ramada “encore” Hotel on Saturday September
12 at noon.
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This is a News release from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale:
FAI - The World Air Sports Federation.
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