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| Starting Point: | Schmargendorf, Berlin, Germany | October 11, 1908 |
The story
Pilots Name |
Co-Pilots Name |
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| Rank | Country | Last | First | Last | First | BalloonName | LandingPlace | Distance km | Time |
1 |
SUI |
Schaeck |
Col. Theodor |
Messner |
Emil |
Helvetia |
Bergset/Norway |
1190 |
73:01 |
2 |
GBR |
Dunville |
John |
Pollock |
C.F. |
Banshee |
Hviddig/Hadersleben/Germany |
428.75 |
36:53 |
3 |
BEL |
Geerts |
Georges |
Peeters |
. | Belgica |
Wiegboldsburg/Aurich/Germany |
413 |
34:34 |
4 |
FRA |
Faure |
Jaques |
Dubonnet |
Emile |
Le Condor |
Laurup/Tondern/Denmark |
379 |
36:16 |
5 |
FRA |
Carton |
Emile |
Baraloux |
Marcel |
Brise d'Automne |
Garding/Garlstedt |
361.75 |
37:12 |
6 |
FRA |
Leblanc |
Alfred |
Delebecque |
J. |
Ile de France |
Garding Railway station |
361.25 |
34:18 |
7 |
ITA |
Cianetti |
Ettore |
Pastini |
Giovanni |
Aetos |
Osternburg/Oldenburg/Germany |
348 |
30:59 |
8 |
SUI |
Beauclair |
Victor de |
Biehly |
H. |
Cognac |
Kappel-Neufelde/Lehe/Germany |
347.64 |
29:24 |
9 |
GER |
Erbslöh |
Oskar |
Sticker |
(Ref.) J. |
Berlin |
Kappel-Neufelde/Lehe/Germany |
347.50 |
33:34 |
10 |
GER |
Abercron |
Capt. Hugo von |
Goltzheim |
Stach von |
Düsseldorf |
Mulsum/Germany |
341 |
30:24 |
11 |
ITA |
Usuelli |
Celestino |
Borsalino |
Mario |
Ruwenzori |
Sandstedt/Oldenburg/Germany |
334 |
29:25 |
12 |
BEL |
Broukere |
Leon de |
Bussche |
van den |
L'Utopie |
Edendorf/North-Sea-Coast/Germany |
333 |
29:09 |
13 |
SPA |
Kindelan y Duani |
Capt. Alfredo |
Horga |
M. de la |
Valencia |
Bremen-Parade ground/Germany |
310 |
28:12 |
14 |
ITA |
Frassinetti |
Capt. Romeo |
Cobianchi |
Guiseppe |
Basiliola |
Nord-Zeven/Bremervörde/Germany |
293 |
22:30 |
15 |
GBR |
Brewer |
Griffith |
McClean |
Franc K. |
Britannia |
Ahausen/Hannover/Germany |
275 |
29:01 |
16 |
USA |
McCoy |
James C. |
Fogmann |
(Lt.) |
America II |
Hohen-Wieschendorf/Germany |
205.5 |
31:58 |
17 |
SPA |
Herrera y Sotolongo |
. | . | Montanes |
Meitzendorf/Saxony/Germany |
121.5 |
30:43 |
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18 |
GBR |
Huntingdon |
Prof. A. K. |
Brabazon |
Lt. Claude |
Zephyr |
Schricke/Germany |
118 |
20:10 |
19 |
BEL |
Everarts |
Jacobs |
(Adv.) |
Ville de Bruxelles |
Golzow/Zauch/Germany |
52.5 |
10:13 |
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20 |
GER |
Niemeyer |
Dr. Victor |
Hidemann |
Hans |
Busley |
North Sea |
no res. |
37:49 |
21 |
SPA |
Montojo |
Juan |
Romero de Vejade |
José |
Castilla |
North Sea |
no res. |
~38:00 |
22 |
USA |
Arnold |
Nason Henry |
Hewat |
Harry J. |
St.Louis |
North Sea |
no res. |
~30:00 |
23 |
USA |
Forbes |
A. Holland |
Post |
Augustus |
Conqueror |
burst and fallen after launch |
no res. |
0:05 |
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