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1937 - 25th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett

Starting Point: Heysel-stadium, Bruxelles, Belgium  June 20, 1937

The story

   

Pilots Name

Co-Pilots Name

       
Rank Country Last First Last First BalloonName LandingPlace Distance km Time

1

BEL

Demuyter

Ernest

Hoffmans

Pierre

OO-BFM Belgica

Tukumo/Latvia

1396

46:15

2

POL

Janusz

Antoni

Krzyszkowski

L.

SP-AMY Polonia II

.

1364

46:30

3

SUI

Tilgenkamp

Dr. E.

Bosch

Maurice ten

HB-BIA Zürich III

Brylewo

871

27:25

4

FRA

Dollfus

Charles

Jacquet

P.

Le plus pour des Sports

Svidnice

846

26:20

5

POL

Hynek

Franciszek

Janik

Franz.

SP-ANA Warzawa II

.

839

24:15

6

GER

Götze

Carl

Lohmann

Werner

D-Alfred Hildebrandt

Königsgrätz

834

26:00

7

GER

Schaeffer

Curt

Hammerstein

(Frh. v.)

D-Sachsen

.

826

24:15

8

POL

Burzynski

Zbigniew

Koblanski

.

SP-BCU L.O.P.P.

.

825

25:40

9

BEL

Quersin

Philippe

Schelle

Martial van

OO-BFL Bruxelles

.

766

24:20

10

GER

Schütze

Richard

Becker

Friedrich R.

D-Chemnitz X

.

724

22:30

11

FRA

Crombez

Jean M.

Sauvegrain

.

F-AOJY Maurice Mallet

.

597

21:35

12

BEL

Thonnard

(Cap.)

Dubreucque

.

S 11

.

593

19:35


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