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| Starting Point: | Gasworks, Geneva, Switzerland | August 6, 1922 |
The story
Pilots Name |
Co-Pilots Name |
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| Rank | Country | Last | First | Last | First | BalloonName | LandingPlace | Distance km | Time |
1 |
BEL |
Demuyter |
Ernest |
Veenstra |
Alexander |
Belgica |
Ocnitza/Okoritza/Jui/Roumania |
1372.1 |
25:49 |
2 |
USA |
Honeywell |
Harry E. |
Wade |
J.H. |
Uncle Sam |
Topyogiorie |
1061.9 |
26:12 |
3 |
FRA |
Bienaime |
Maurice |
Ravaine |
Georges |
La Picardie |
Moor |
923.3 |
19:32 |
4 |
ITA |
Barbanti |
C. |
Medori |
Lt.Col. Ugo |
Trionfale IX |
Poysdorf |
842.1 |
22:38 |
5 |
BEL |
Labrousse |
Capt. M. |
Dewandre |
(Comm.) |
Bruxelles |
Steinamanger/Hungaria |
805.8 |
16:22 |
6 |
USA |
Westover |
O. |
Bond |
Carlton |
Army |
Csorotnek |
790.3 |
16:54 |
7 |
SUI |
Armbruster |
Capt. Paul |
Oertly |
First Lt. H. |
Helvetia |
Kirschlag |
789.1 |
18:50 |
8 |
ITA |
Valle |
Comm. Guiseppe di |
Ferrero |
. | Trionfale VI |
Waldegg |
774.4 |
15:37 |
9 |
ITA |
Guglielmetti |
A. |
Grassi |
(Maj.) |
Aerostiere III |
Saborz |
675.6 |
21:13 |
10 |
FRA |
Dubois |
Jules |
Debray |
La Savoie |
Rossbach |
583.9 |
16:18 |
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11 |
SUI |
Müller |
R.O. |
Quervain |
A. de |
Zürich I |
Zell am See/Austria |
581.2 |
18:22 |
12 |
FRA |
Cormier |
Georges |
Auger |
. | Anjou |
Elsbethen |
557.6 |
17:01 |
13 |
USA |
Reed |
W. |
Shade |
. | Navy |
Pappenheim/Bavaria/Germany |
483.7 |
19:31 |
14 |
GBR |
Allen |
E. |
Spencer |
Capt. Percival |
Margaret |
Kühbach |
459.4 |
16:15 |
15 |
BEL |
Georges |
C. |
Huysse |
(van) |
Cité Ardente |
Kempten/Bavaria/Germany |
345.5 |
8:15 |
16 |
GBR |
Brewer |
Griffith |
Brabazon |
Lt. Claude |
The Bee |
Hedingen |
217 |
12:36 |
17 |
SUI |
Ansemier |
Cpt. Louis |
Grüningen |
Ch. von |
Genève |
Forst/Bavaria/Germany |
204 |
7:26 |
18 |
SPA |
Matinez-Sanz |
P. |
Tienda |
. | Polar |
Sempach |
189.4 |
7:33 |
19 |
SPA |
Magdalena |
E. |
La Llave |
J. |
Jesu Fernando Duro |
Grd. Saconnex/Geneva/Switzerland |
4.3 |
1:22 |
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